---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE STATE'S HYDROPOWER ASSETS."
description: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE STATE'S HYDROPOWER ASSETS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5628"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5628 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hydroelectric power", "Reports", "Studies", "Task forces"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson, Mark W", "Anwar, Saud", "Buckbee, Bill", "Butler, Larry B.", "Delany, Hubert D.", "Delnicki, Tom", "Ferraro, Charles J.", "Foncello, Martin", "Haines, Irene M.", "Hwang, Tony", "Kavros Degraw, Eleni", "Pizzuto, William", "Reddington-hughes, Karen", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Weir, Steve", "Zawistowski, Tami"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fc73ec4-0e28-4d78-b590-fb44a78d94bc"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "a62570af320fc988a96fe8106f70c09868343d0f18a3c62f5d8bc80180e7308c"
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 5628 (2023) — AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE STATE'S HYDROPOWER ASSETS.

## 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-05628-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **ET Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-05628-R02-HB.PDF)
3. **File No. 267** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-05628-R000267-FC.PDF)
4. **File No. 833** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-05628-R000833-FC.PDF)
5. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-05628-R00-HB.PDF)
6. **Special Act No. 23-8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/SA/PDF/2023SA-00008-R00HB-05628-SA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anderson, Mark W — primary (person)
- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Buckbee, Bill — primary (person)
- Butler, Larry B. — primary (person)
- Delany, Hubert D. — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Ferraro, Charles J. — primary (person)
- Foncello, Martin — primary (person)
- Haines, Irene M. — primary (person)
- Hwang, Tony — primary (person)
- Kavros Degraw, Eleni — primary (person)
- Pizzuto, William — primary (person)
- Reddington-hughes, Karen — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Weir, Steve — primary (person)
- Zawistowski, Tami — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Energy and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Vote to Draft
- **2023-02-22** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2023-02-23** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Energy and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** PUBLIC HEARING 0302
- **2023-03-14** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-03-21** 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 176
- **2023-03-28** FILE NO. 267
- **2023-05-24** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-24** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-05-26** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-05-26** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 564
- **2023-05-26** FILE NO. 833
- **2023-06-05** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-05** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-05** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-12** SPECIAL ACT 23-8
- **2023-06-14** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-14** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-28** 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/2fc73ec4-0e28-4d78-b590-fb44a78d94bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).