---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT WATER AUTHORITY."
description: "AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT WATER AUTHORITY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5277"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5277 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Audits", "Charters", "Property tax exemptions", "South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority", "Wastewater collection and treatment facilities", "Water company rates", "Water supply"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lisa Seminara", "Martin Foncello", "Tom Delnicki"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-22"
last_action: "2024-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52f7778c-7e40-4966-ab49-6e866425e76a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "60e0e14c48298916472070a93d6a70caacc3729c94f09ab67db72f2522783d03"
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 5277 (2024) — AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT WATER AUTHORITY.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 230** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05277-R000230-FC.PDF)
2. **PD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05277-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05277-R00-HB.PDF)
4. **Special Act No. 24-7** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/SA/PDF/2024SA-00007-R00HB-05277-SA.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lisa Seminara — primary (person)
- Martin Foncello — primary (person)
- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-22** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Planning and Development `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** PUBLIC HEARING 0228
- **2024-03-15** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2024-03-27** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/02/24 `referral`
- **2024-04-03** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-04-03** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2024-04-03** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 171
- **2024-04-03** FILE NO. 230
- **2024-04-17** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2024-04-19** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2024-04-19** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 328
- **2024-05-07** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2024-05-07** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2024-05-20** SPECIAL ACT 24-7
- **2024-05-29** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2024-05-29** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-05** 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/52f7778c-7e40-4966-ab49-6e866425e76a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).