---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR AND TAX AGREEMENTS RELATED TO CERTAIN CLASS I RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR AND TAX AGREEMENTS RELATED TO CERTAIN CLASS I RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5442"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5442 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hydroelectric power", "Municipal taxation", "Property tax exemptions", "Renewable energy sources", "Solar energy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aundre Bumgardner", "Dave W. Yaccarino", "Greg S. Howard", "Nick Gauthier", "Steven Winter"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-03"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f6aa949-03db-4e38-8df9-0d00128389eb"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "e2a4208ac32600a9863d53f08b7512d347288f18e515338a3440454df048274d"
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 5442 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR AND TAX AGREEMENTS RELATED TO CERTAIN CLASS I RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES.

## Version chain

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

1. **FIN Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05442-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 666** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05442-R000666-FC.PDF)
3. **File No. 757** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05442-R000757-FC.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 26-134** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00134-R00HB-05442-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05442-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aundre Bumgardner — primary (person)
- Dave W. Yaccarino — primary (person)
- Greg S. Howard — primary (person)
- Nick Gauthier — primary (person)
- Steven Winter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-03** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Finance, Revenue and Bonding `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** PUBLIC HEARING 0311
- **2026-03-30** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-04-10** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/15/26 `referral`
- **2026-04-16** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-16** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-04-16** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 441
- **2026-04-16** FILE NO. 666
- **2026-04-30** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-30** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-04-30** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2026-05-01** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-05-01** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 515
- **2026-05-01** FILE NO. 757
- **2026-05-06** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-06** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-06** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-20** PUBLIC ACT 26-134
- **2026-05-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-28** 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/1f6aa949-03db-4e38-8df9-0d00128389eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).