---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO DEVELOP AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM PLAN FOR THE GREATER MYSTIC AREA."
description: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO DEVELOP AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM PLAN FOR THE GREATER MYSTIC AREA."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5243"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5243 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic and Community Development", "Department of", "Groton", "Mystic", "Plans", "Reports", "State bonds for economic development", "Stonington", "Tourism"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aundre Bumgardner", "Chris Aniskovich", "Hector Arzeno", "John Santanella", "Kerry S. Wood", "Michael D. Quinn", "Savet Constantine", "William Heffernan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-19"
last_action: "2026-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6656546-5975-4adc-b0da-97c5bb4121d8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "2c9e5022049c37520d72818e18e43b35eff6256be0cee8986c0d8c4fdffa101a"
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 5243 (2026) — AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO DEVELOP AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM PLAN FOR THE GREATER MYSTIC AREA.

## Version chain

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

1. **CE Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05243-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 314** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05243-R000314-FC.PDF)
3. **File No. 730** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05243-R000730-FC.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05243-R00-HB.PDF)
5. **Special Act No. 26-30** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/SA/PDF/2026SA-00030-R00HB-05243-SA.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aundre Bumgardner — primary (person)
- Chris Aniskovich — primary (person)
- Hector Arzeno — primary (person)
- John Santanella — primary (person)
- Kerry S. Wood — primary (person)
- Michael D. Quinn — primary (person)
- Savet Constantine — primary (person)
- William Heffernan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-19** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20** PUBLIC HEARING 0224
- **2026-03-17** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-03-26** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/31/26 `referral`
- **2026-04-01** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-01** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-04-01** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 233
- **2026-04-01** FILE NO. 314
- **2026-04-27** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-27** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-04-27** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2026-04-28** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-28** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 473
- **2026-04-28** FILE NO. 730
- **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 26-30
- **2026-05-29** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-29** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-02** 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/d6656546-5975-4adc-b0da-97c5bb4121d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).