---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN BOATING REGULATIONS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN BOATING REGULATIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5332"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5332 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abandoned property", "Boats", "Energy and Environmental Protection", "Department of", "Fines (Penalties)", "Law enforcement", "Violations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aundre Bumgardner", "Irene M. Haines", "John-michael Parker", "Patrick E. Callahan", "Tom Delnicki"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-26"
last_action: "2026-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66e1cc63-a380-4980-b4e0-535f01c075a7"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "adf454c039c1945e57d64372b21c74ef5130d7fb5a7d01cb225a5fc4eedf071f"
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 5332 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN BOATING REGULATIONS.

## Version chain

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

1. **ENV Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05332-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 238** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05332-R000238-FC.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-60** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00060-R00HB-05332-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05332-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **137–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aundre Bumgardner — primary (person)
- Irene M. Haines — primary (person)
- John-michael Parker — primary (person)
- Patrick E. Callahan — 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 Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-13** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-03-23** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/30/26 `referral`
- **2026-03-30** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-03-30** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-03-30** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 194
- **2026-03-30** FILE NO. 238
- **2026-05-04** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-04** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-04** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2026-05-04** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-05-04** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 547
- **2026-05-05** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2026-05-05** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-05** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-05** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-14** PUBLIC ACT 26-60
- **2026-05-15** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-15** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-20** 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/66e1cc63-a380-4980-b4e0-535f01c075a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).