---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO REVISE MUNICIPAL ANIMAL SHELTER REGULATIONS."
description: "AN ACT REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO REVISE MUNICIPAL ANIMAL SHELTER REGULATIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5575"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5575 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Department of", "Animal shelters", "Municipal regulations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Bolinsky, Mitch", "Cheeseman, Holly H.", "Delnicki, Tom", "Dillon, Patricia A.", "Doucette, Jason", "Fishbein, Craig C.", "Garibay, Jane M.", "Hayes, Rick L.", "Hochadel, Jan", "Hwang, Tony", "Kavros Degraw, Eleni", "Kennedy, Kathy", "Klarides-ditria, Nicole", "Linehan, Liz", "Michel, David", "Mushinsky, Mary M.", "Pizzuto, William", "Rutigliano, David", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Turco, Gary A.", "Veach, Donna", "Yaccarino, Dave W."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb6f138f-8ceb-47de-9b42-fcbe75326177"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "4b57f2d5b4d140887be01357d0d3a9b26683c820e3535b527951aeaa4b0a157e"
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 5575 (2023) — AN ACT REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO REVISE MUNICIPAL ANIMAL SHELTER REGULATIONS.

## 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-05575-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **ENV Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-05575-R02-HB.PDF)
3. **File No. 265** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-05575-R000265-FC.PDF)
4. **PD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-05575-R03-HB.PDF)
5. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-05575-R00-HB.PDF)
6. **Public Act No. 23-138** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00138-R00HB-05575-PA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Bolinsky, Mitch — primary (person)
- Cheeseman, Holly H. — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Dillon, Patricia A. — primary (person)
- Doucette, Jason — primary (person)
- Fishbein, Craig C. — primary (person)
- Garibay, Jane M. — primary (person)
- Hayes, Rick L. — primary (person)
- Hochadel, Jan — primary (person)
- Hwang, Tony — primary (person)
- Kavros Degraw, Eleni — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Kathy — primary (person)
- Klarides-ditria, Nicole — primary (person)
- Linehan, Liz — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Mushinsky, Mary M. — primary (person)
- Pizzuto, William — primary (person)
- Rutigliano, David — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Turco, Gary A. — primary (person)
- Veach, Donna — primary (person)
- Yaccarino, Dave W. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Vote to Draft
- **2023-02-06** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2023-02-07** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** PUBLIC HEARING 0215
- **2023-03-10** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-03-22** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/27/23 `referral`
- **2023-03-28** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-03-28** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-03-28** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 174
- **2023-03-28** FILE NO. 265
- **2023-04-12** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Planning and Development
- **2023-04-17** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-04-17** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-04-17** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Planning and Development
- **2023-04-17** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2023-05-05** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-05-05** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 444
- **2023-06-07** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2023-06-07** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-15** PUBLIC ACT 23-138
- **2023-06-22** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-22** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-26** 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/cb6f138f-8ceb-47de-9b42-fcbe75326177`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).