---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES' RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE INDEPENDENT MORTALITY REVIEW BOARD AND FATALITY REVIEW BOARD."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES' RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE INDEPENDENT MORTALITY REVIEW BOARD AND FATALITY REVIEW BOARD."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5239"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5239 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards", "Death", "Developmental Services", "Department of", "Health care providers", "Intellectual disabilities", "persons with", "Investigations", "Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom Delnicki"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-18"
last_action: "2026-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e15a0ccd-b16e-4d9f-b03e-d5e4d929d963"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "8cae52b0411f07ac00a6ffbd2814ed7e70a9eeb6ff50a2095169c66ebf01cf0e"
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 5239 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES' RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE INDEPENDENT MORTALITY REVIEW BOARD AND FATALITY REVIEW BOARD.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 39** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05239-R000039-FC.PDF)
2. **PH Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05239-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-54** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00054-R00HB-05239-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05239-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-18** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** PUBLIC HEARING 0223
- **2026-03-03** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-03-11** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/16/26 `referral`
- **2026-03-17** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-03-17** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-03-17** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 57
- **2026-03-17** FILE NO. 39
- **2026-04-08** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-04-10** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-10** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 357
- **2026-05-05** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-05-05** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-14** PUBLIC ACT 26-54
- **2026-05-15** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-15** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-27** 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/e15a0ccd-b16e-4d9f-b03e-d5e4d929d963`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).