---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING ARCHITECTS WHO VOLUNTARILY AND WITHOUT COMPENSATION ASSIST PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN EVALUATING THE SAFETY ELEMENTS OF BUILT ENVIRONMENTS IN THE AFTERMATH OF A MAJOR DISASTER OR EMERGENCY."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING ARCHITECTS WHO VOLUNTARILY AND WITHOUT COMPENSATION ASSIST PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN EVALUATING THE SAFETY ELEMENTS OF BUILT ENVIRONMENTS IN THE AFTERMATH OF A MAJOR DISASTER OR EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 5236"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5236 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Architects", "Disasters", "Emergencies", "Liability"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fishbein, Craig C.", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Piscopo, John E."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-24"
last_action: "2022-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9166d073-c6f8-4046-9d38-d44e24ede90c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "8ad7379f89d101c6103ae1bb13be38e3c2413caec9597a1052b622be4c45d322"
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 5236 (2022) — AN ACT CONCERNING ARCHITECTS WHO VOLUNTARILY AND WITHOUT COMPENSATION ASSIST PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN EVALUATING THE SAFETY ELEMENTS OF BUILT ENVIRONMENTS IN THE AFTERMATH OF A MAJOR DISASTER OR EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 546** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/FC/PDF/2022HB-05236-R000546-FC.PDF)
2. **JUD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/H/PDF/2022HB-05236-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 22-86** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/ACT/PA/PDF/2022PA-00086-R00HB-05236-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/H/PDF/2022HB-05236-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Fishbein, Craig C. — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Piscopo, John E. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-24** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** PUBLIC HEARING 0304
- **2022-04-04** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-04** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2022-04-13** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/19/22 `referral`
- **2022-04-20** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2022-04-20** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2022-04-20** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 396
- **2022-04-20** FILE NO. 546
- **2022-04-27** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2022-04-29** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2022-04-29** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 519
- **2022-05-04** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2022-05-04** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2022-05-13** PUBLIC ACT 22-86
- **2022-05-17** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2022-05-17** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-24** 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/9166d073-c6f8-4046-9d38-d44e24ede90c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).