---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE PUBLIC SAFETY CAPACITY OF SQUANTZ POND STATE PARK."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE PUBLIC SAFETY CAPACITY OF SQUANTZ POND STATE PARK."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5009"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5009 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy and Environmental Protection", "Department of", "Public safety", "State parks", "State regulations", "specific"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Callahan, Patrick E.", "Santiago, Hilda E."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/198d7b12-9895-41a4-89c3-d4b3906329b8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "3ed7ee90135c900e6acf6af6b05a6ac99c9d9ef471258207f8e8397f807657dc"
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 5009 (2023) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE PUBLIC SAFETY CAPACITY OF SQUANTZ POND STATE PARK.

## 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/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-05009-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **ENV Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-05009-R02-HB.PDF)
3. **File No. 17** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-05009-R000017-FC.PDF)
4. **File No. 721** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-05009-R000721-FC.PDF)
5. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-05009-R00-HB.PDF)
6. **Public Act No. 23-43** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00043-R00HB-05009-PA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Callahan, Patrick E. — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-04** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2023-01-24** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** PUBLIC HEARING 0130
- **2023-02-17** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-03-01** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/06/23 `referral`
- **2023-03-07** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-03-07** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 33
- **2023-03-07** FILE NO. 17
- **2023-05-03** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-03** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-05-05** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-05-05** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 434
- **2023-05-05** FILE NO. 721
- **2023-06-02** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-02** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-02** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-06** PUBLIC ACT 23-43
- **2023-06-07** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-07** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-13** 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/198d7b12-9895-41a4-89c3-d4b3906329b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).