---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING NINETY-DAY PERMIT TURNAROUND TIMES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING NINETY-DAY PERMIT TURNAROUND TIMES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 5454"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5454 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environmental permits", "Environmental professionals", "Energy and Environmental Protection", "Department of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butler, Larry B.", "Demicco, Mike", "Fleischmann, Andrew M.", "Floren, Livvy R.", "Martin, Henri", "Miner, Craig", "Somers, Heather B."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-07"
last_action: "2018-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/585ed227-61c5-4341-b639-5ca0f96f7b36"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "603def5b00987d2242460a52e0e8b976333277bda863aeeaf33eb90ae0288d87"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ct"]
---

# Connecticut HB 5454 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING NINETY-DAY PERMIT TURNAROUND TIMES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **R00** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05454-R00-HB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05454-R01-HB.htm)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote 151 AS AMENDED — **117–23** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote 301 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Butler, Larry B. — primary (person)
- Demicco, Mike — primary (person)
- Fleischmann, Andrew M. — primary (person)
- Floren, Livvy R. — primary (person)
- Martin, Henri — primary (person)
- Miner, Craig — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather B. — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-03-07** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** PUBLIC HEARING 0316
- **2018-03-22** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-04-03** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/09/18
- **2018-04-10** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-10** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-04-10** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 249
- **2018-04-10** FILE NO. 375
- **2018-05-01** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-01** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2018-05-03** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-05-03** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 498
- **2018-05-03** FILE NO. 674
- **2018-05-09** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-09** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-09** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-23** PUBLIC ACT 18-121 `became-law`
- **2018-05-25** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-05-25** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2018-05-29** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/585ed227-61c5-4341-b639-5ca0f96f7b36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).