---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE AIR PERMITS OF CERTAIN CREMATORIES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE AIR PERMITS OF CERTAIN CREMATORIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5331"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5331 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crematories", "Permits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hilda E. Santiago", "Kenneth Gucker", "Tom Delnicki"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-26"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f24dd92e-c8fc-4bd9-abd4-7c8f8fabc9cf"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "e470583fd11df299a478a2b15f735b2f1d882992f105f68e183a262bfdab9ee4"
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 5331 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE AIR PERMITS OF CERTAIN CREMATORIES.

## Version chain

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

1. **ENV Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05331-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 142** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05331-R000142-FC.PDF)
3. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05331-R00-HB.PDF)
4. **Special Act No. 26-33** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/SA/PDF/2026SA-00033-R00HB-05331-SA.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **140–3** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hilda E. Santiago — primary (person)
- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-26** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** PUBLIC HEARING 0304
- **2026-03-13** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-13** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-03-18** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/23/26 `referral`
- **2026-03-24** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-03-24** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-03-24** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 122
- **2026-03-24** FILE NO. 142
- **2026-05-01** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-01** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-01** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2026-05-02** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-05-02** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 535
- **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 26-33
- **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/f24dd92e-c8fc-4bd9-abd4-7c8f8fabc9cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).