---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT REQUIRING AN EVALUATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF A RECEIVER TO MANAGE HOSPITALS IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS OR OPERATIONAL CRISIS."
description: "AN ACT REQUIRING AN EVALUATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF A RECEIVER TO MANAGE HOSPITALS IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS OR OPERATIONAL CRISIS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5165"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5165 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Hospitals", "Petitions", "Public Health", "Department of", "Receivers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nick Gauthier", "Saud Anwar", "William Pizzuto"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-11"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5cbef45e-865b-4901-bf91-7c38d9f9253f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "1a1b7b9dd245aad72c70722aaa89310b6ceab24b686a7f97f0ddcbef8babafd7"
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 5165 (2026) — AN ACT REQUIRING AN EVALUATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF A RECEIVER TO MANAGE HOSPITALS IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS OR OPERATIONAL CRISIS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 22** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05165-R000022-FC.PDF)
2. **File No. 606** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05165-R000606-FC.PDF)
3. **PH Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05165-R01-HB.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05165-R00-HB.PDF)
5. **Special Act No. 26-29** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/SA/PDF/2026SA-00029-R00HB-05165-SA.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nick Gauthier — primary (person)
- Saud Anwar — primary (person)
- William Pizzuto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-11** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** PUBLIC HEARING 0218
- **2026-03-02** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-03-09** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/16/26 `referral`
- **2026-03-16** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-03-16** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-03-16** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 46
- **2026-03-16** FILE NO. 22
- **2026-04-09** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-09** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-04-13** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-13** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 366
- **2026-04-13** FILE NO. 606
- **2026-05-06** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-06** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-06** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-20** SPECIAL ACT 26-29
- **2026-05-29** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-29** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-04** 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/5cbef45e-865b-4901-bf91-7c38d9f9253f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).