---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING UTILITY CONNECTIONS FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING UTILITY CONNECTIONS FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5288"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5288 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accessory apartments", "Municipal regulations", "Public utilities", "Zoning"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Antonio Felipe", "Kenneth Gucker", "Martha Marx", "Nick Gauthier", "Tammy Nuccio", "Tom Delnicki"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-19"
last_action: "2026-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8908a070-48de-4322-9d88-4de5b7dc466c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "1b1fe4ac44d692d99ef6d60b67329bbc91256e9cccb648c19890ce31dc68e61e"
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 5288 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING UTILITY CONNECTIONS FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 162** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05288-R000162-FC.PDF)
2. **PD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05288-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-7** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00007-R00HB-05288-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05288-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **135–13** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **26–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Antonio Felipe — primary (person)
- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
- Martha Marx — primary (person)
- Nick Gauthier — primary (person)
- Tammy Nuccio — primary (person)
- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-19** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Planning and Development `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20** PUBLIC HEARING 0227
- **2026-03-06** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-09** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-03-19** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/24/26 `referral`
- **2026-03-25** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-03-25** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-03-25** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 137
- **2026-03-25** FILE NO. 162
- **2026-04-27** HOUSE PASSED `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 476
- **2026-04-30** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2026-04-30** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-04-30** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-04** PUBLIC ACT 26-7
- **2026-05-06** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-06** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-07** 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/8908a070-48de-4322-9d88-4de5b7dc466c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).