---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT PROHIBITING PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION FROM RECEIVING MONEY FOR SOLICITING STUDENTS TO GAMBLE ONLINE."
description: "AN ACT PROHIBITING PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION FROM RECEIVING MONEY FOR SOLICITING STUDENTS TO GAMBLE ONLINE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5232"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5232 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["College students", "Connecticut State Colleges and Universities", "Gambling", "University of Connecticut"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blumenthal, Matt", "Delnicki, Tom", "Dillon, Patricia A.", "Farrar, Kate", "Fishbein, Craig C.", "Hwang, Tony", "Kavros Degraw, Eleni", "Miller, Patricia Billie", "Morrin Bello, Amy", "Parker, John-michael", "Pizzuto, William", "Rutigliano, David", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Turco, Gary A.", "Zawistowski, Tami"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88a3067e-5f10-4d86-a5d6-6340b90a7c6b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "0c5a72181365ffbe877c51fad706f9ceefe9ac1df2aae1e6c8d754a460c08aba"
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 5232 (2023) — AN ACT PROHIBITING PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION FROM RECEIVING MONEY FOR SOLICITING STUDENTS TO GAMBLE ONLINE.

## 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-05232-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 123** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-05232-R000123-FC.PDF)
3. **HED Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-05232-R02-HB.PDF)
4. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-05232-R00-HB.PDF)
5. **Public Act No. 23-68** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00068-R00HB-05232-PA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Blumenthal, Matt — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Dillon, Patricia A. — primary (person)
- Farrar, Kate — primary (person)
- Fishbein, Craig C. — primary (person)
- Hwang, Tony — primary (person)
- Kavros Degraw, Eleni — primary (person)
- Miller, Patricia Billie — primary (person)
- Morrin Bello, Amy — primary (person)
- Parker, John-michael — primary (person)
- Pizzuto, William — primary (person)
- Rutigliano, David — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Turco, Gary A. — primary (person)
- Zawistowski, Tami — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Higher Education and Employment Advancement `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Reserved for Subject Matter Public Hearing
- **2023-02-10** PUBLIC HEARING 0216
- **2023-02-23** Vote to Draft
- **2023-03-03** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2023-03-06** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Higher Education and Employment Advancement `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-03-15** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/20/23 `referral`
- **2023-03-21** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-03-21** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 95
- **2023-03-21** FILE NO. 123
- **2023-05-03** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2023-05-05** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-05-05** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 436
- **2023-06-05** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2023-06-05** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-12** PUBLIC ACT 23-68
- **2023-06-14** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-14** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-27** 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/88a3067e-5f10-4d86-a5d6-6340b90a7c6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).