---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING CANNABIS REGULATION."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING CANNABIS REGULATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5235"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5235 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Protection Department", "Controlled substances", "Electronic government information", "Emergency Services and Public Protection", "Department of", "Hemp", "Labeling", "Law enforcement", "Licenses", "Manufacturing establishments", "Marijuana", "Packaging", "Police training", "Reports", "Sales"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craig C. Fishbein", "Eric C. Berthel", "Juan R. Candelaria", "Lisa Seminara", "Martin Foncello", "Matt Blumenthal"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-22"
last_action: "2024-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddca7cb5-501d-422e-99c1-4f6d523bf42e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "262809e7b3c1473594da7eaecdcb8193e1b86e81a4232f480ba4f816e7d31ebe"
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 5235 (2024) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING CANNABIS REGULATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 102** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05235-R000102-FC.PDF)
2. **File No. 649** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05235-R000649-FC.PDF)
3. **GL Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05235-R01-HB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 24-115** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/PA/PDF/2024PA-00115-R00HB-05235-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05235-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **138–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Craig C. Fishbein — primary (person)
- Eric C. Berthel — primary (person)
- Juan R. Candelaria — primary (person)
- Lisa Seminara — primary (person)
- Martin Foncello — primary (person)
- Matt Blumenthal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-22** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON General Law `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** PUBLIC HEARING 0227
- **2024-03-07** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2024-03-18** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/25/24 `referral`
- **2024-03-25** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-03-25** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2024-03-25** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 98
- **2024-03-25** FILE NO. 102
- **2024-04-30** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-30** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2024-05-02** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2024-05-02** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 415
- **2024-05-02** FILE NO. 649
- **2024-05-08** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-08** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2024-05-08** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2024-05-21** PUBLIC ACT 24-115
- **2024-05-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2024-05-28** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-04** 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/ddca7cb5-501d-422e-99c1-4f6d523bf42e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).