---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING DECLARATIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND CIVIL PREPAREDNESS EMERGENCIES AND THE CREATION OF A BIPARTISAN COMMISSION TO STUDY STATUTES GOVERNING THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH DECLARATIONS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING DECLARATIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND CIVIL PREPAREDNESS EMERGENCIES AND THE CREATION OF A BIPARTISAN COMMISSION TO STUDY STATUTES GOVERNING THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH DECLARATIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5653"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5653 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil preparedness", "Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)", "Emergencies", "Executive orders", "General Assembly", "Governor", "Public health", "Reports", "State boards and commissions", "Studies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson, Mark W", "Bolinsky, Mitch", "Butler, Larry B.", "Candelora, Vincent J.", "Delnicki, Tom", "Devlin, Laura M.", "Dubitsky, Doug", "Ferraro, Charles J.", "Fishbein, Craig C.", "Gibson, Bobby G.", "Klarides-ditria, Nicole", "Labriola, David K.", "Mastrofrancesco, Gale L.", "Mcgorty, Ben", "O'dea, Tom", "Perillo, Jason", "Rebimbas, Rosa C.", "Sampson, Rob", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Zawistowski, Tami", "Zupkus, Lezlye"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8284e9c1-f71d-493e-9ec3-9e7d2bb29c1c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "8dc3d843eb5d61630e6343a1c115fabf3ffd57b763bf833af0f6f5bfc2be0744"
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 5653 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING DECLARATIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND CIVIL PREPAREDNESS EMERGENCIES AND THE CREATION OF A BIPARTISAN COMMISSION TO STUDY STATUTES GOVERNING THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH DECLARATIONS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-05653-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 571** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-05653-R000571-FC.PDF)
3. **GAE Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-05653-R02-HB.PDF)
4. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-05653-R00-HB.PDF)
5. **Special Act No. 21-5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/SA/PDF/2021SA-00005-R00HB-05653-SA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anderson, Mark W — primary (person)
- Bolinsky, Mitch — primary (person)
- Butler, Larry B. — primary (person)
- Candelora, Vincent J. — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Devlin, Laura M. — primary (person)
- Dubitsky, Doug — primary (person)
- Ferraro, Charles J. — primary (person)
- Fishbein, Craig C. — primary (person)
- Gibson, Bobby G. — primary (person)
- Klarides-ditria, Nicole — primary (person)
- Labriola, David K. — primary (person)
- Mastrofrancesco, Gale L. — primary (person)
- Mcgorty, Ben — primary (person)
- O'dea, Tom — primary (person)
- Perillo, Jason — primary (person)
- Rebimbas, Rosa C. — primary (person)
- Sampson, Rob — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Zawistowski, Tami — primary (person)
- Zupkus, Lezlye — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Vote to Draft
- **2021-03-17** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2021-03-18** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** PUBLIC HEARING 0324
- **2021-04-05** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-04-16** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/21/21
- **2021-04-22** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-04-22** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-04-22** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 398
- **2021-04-22** FILE NO. 571
- **2021-05-11** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-05-11** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-05-12** RULES SUSPENDED, TRANSMITTED TO SENATE
- **2021-05-12** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-05-12** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 420
- **2021-05-13** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2021-05-13** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-05-13** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-05-13** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-05-14** RULES SUSPENDED, TRANSMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR
- **2021-05-17** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR IN ORIGINAL `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-21** SPECIAL ACT 21-5
- **2021-05-26** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8284e9c1-f71d-493e-9ec3-9e7d2bb29c1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).