---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING CENTRALIZATION OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING CENTRALIZATION OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5491"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5491 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electronic government information", "Labor Department", "Workforce development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christie M. Carpino", "Donna Veach", "Henry J. Genga", "Martin Foncello", "Tim Ackert", "Tom Delnicki", "William Pizzuto"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-05"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/878b120d-e099-4a5f-a01f-c24a77dea5a5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "fafcfc44f9ecebfc5af5f0e7eb403ee4128e2f931c0b13d39ac764c833a522fb"
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 5491 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING CENTRALIZATION OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 432** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05491-R000432-FC.PDF)
2. **LAB Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05491-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-145** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00145-R00HB-05491-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05491-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Christie M. Carpino — primary (person)
- Donna Veach — primary (person)
- Henry J. Genga — primary (person)
- Martin Foncello — primary (person)
- Tim Ackert — primary (person)
- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)
- William Pizzuto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-05** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Labor and Public Employees `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** PUBLIC HEARING 0310
- **2026-03-19** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-03-30** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/07/26 `referral`
- **2026-04-07** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-07** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-04-07** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 316
- **2026-04-07** FILE NO. 432
- **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 525
- **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** PUBLIC ACT 26-145
- **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/878b120d-e099-4a5f-a01f-c24a77dea5a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).