---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS IN THE ACQUISITION OF WATER COMPANIES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS IN THE ACQUISITION OF WATER COMPANIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 5201"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5201 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Utilities Regulatory Authority", "Public health", "Water companies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Callahan, Patrick E.", "Foster, Jaime S.", "Hampton, John K.", "Nuccio, Tammy", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Ritter, Matthew"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-23"
last_action: "2022-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a40dd5a1-01bb-4fb8-a2a4-abe037432566"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "17385e12fea65e90c9dc0673a18c685f26a34fec47fbbd14d993bbf1702ecc5c"
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 5201 (2022) — AN ACT CONCERNING PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS IN THE ACQUISITION OF WATER COMPANIES.

## Version chain

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

1. **ET Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/H/PDF/2022HB-05201-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 324** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/FC/PDF/2022HB-05201-R000324-FC.PDF)
3. **PH Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/H/PDF/2022HB-05201-R02-HB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 22-29** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/ACT/PA/PDF/2022PA-00029-R00HB-05201-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/H/PDF/2022HB-05201-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Callahan, Patrick E. — primary (person)
- Foster, Jaime S. — primary (person)
- Hampton, John K. — primary (person)
- Nuccio, Tammy — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Ritter, Matthew — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-23** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Energy and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** PUBLIC HEARING 0303
- **2022-03-22** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2022-03-31** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/05/22 `referral`
- **2022-04-06** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2022-04-06** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2022-04-06** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 236
- **2022-04-06** FILE NO. 324
- **2022-04-11** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Public Health
- **2022-04-13** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-13** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2022-04-13** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2022-04-13** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Public Health
- **2022-04-13** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2022-04-19** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2022-04-21** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2022-04-21** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 416
- **2022-05-02** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2022-05-02** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2022-05-06** PUBLIC ACT 22-29
- **2022-05-11** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2022-05-11** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-17** 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/a40dd5a1-01bb-4fb8-a2a4-abe037432566`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).