---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT MAKING REVISIONS TO STATUTES RELATING TO FIREARMS PERMITS AND FIREARMS DEALERS."
description: "AN ACT MAKING REVISIONS TO STATUTES RELATING TO FIREARMS PERMITS AND FIREARMS DEALERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 5305"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5305 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Burglar alarms", "Emergency Services and Public Protection", "Department of", "Fines (Penalties)", "Firearms dealers", "Firearms permits", "Native Americans", "State regulations", "specific"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Horn, Maria P.", "Smith, Brian T."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-03-02"
last_action: "2022-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bec1c01d-0053-474d-8f52-884ae5014f6b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "c828bedcb45c02ae953f4fef6bd6527744215454ef95aeb6dd520e9a272935de"
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 5305 (2022) — AN ACT MAKING REVISIONS TO STATUTES RELATING TO FIREARMS PERMITS AND FIREARMS DEALERS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 181** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/FC/PDF/2022HB-05305-R000181-FC.PDF)
2. **File No. 578** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/FC/PDF/2022HB-05305-R000578-FC.PDF)
3. **PS Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/H/PDF/2022HB-05305-R01-HB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 22-102** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/ACT/PA/PDF/2022PA-00102-R00HB-05305-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/H/PDF/2022HB-05305-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Horn, Maria P. — primary (person)
- Smith, Brian T. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-02** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Safety and Security `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-04** PUBLIC HEARING 0310
- **2022-03-15** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2022-03-22** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/28/22 `referral`
- **2022-03-29** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2022-03-29** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2022-03-29** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 154
- **2022-03-29** FILE NO. 181
- **2022-04-19** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-19** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2022-04-21** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2022-04-21** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 411
- **2022-04-21** FILE NO. 578
- **2022-05-04** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-04** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2022-05-04** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2022-05-13** PUBLIC ACT 22-102
- **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/bec1c01d-0053-474d-8f52-884ae5014f6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).