---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT DESIGNATING THE STATE AS THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB MOVEMENT, THE STATE AMPHIBIAN AND THE STATE ROCK."
description: "AN ACT DESIGNATING THE STATE AS THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB MOVEMENT, THE STATE AMPHIBIAN AND THE STATE ROCK."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5534"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5534 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Enfield", "State symbols"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Mcgorty", "Cara Christine Pavalock-d'amato", "Karen Reddington-hughes", "Larry B. Butler", "Nicole Klarides-ditria", "Tammy Nuccio", "Tom Delnicki", "William Pizzuto"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-06"
last_action: "2026-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13e0e4ed-cd9a-48a2-9379-0954602dfb20"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "ef30b0adbfb7bd922a88900ae8bd5572bf3401896a6b485080221e6f5a685e9a"
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 5534 (2026) — AN ACT DESIGNATING THE STATE AS THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB MOVEMENT, THE STATE AMPHIBIAN AND THE STATE ROCK.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 549** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05534-R000549-FC.PDF)
2. **GAE Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05534-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-67** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00067-R00HB-05534-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05534-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ben Mcgorty — primary (person)
- Cara Christine Pavalock-d'amato — primary (person)
- Karen Reddington-hughes — primary (person)
- Larry B. Butler — primary (person)
- Nicole Klarides-ditria — primary (person)
- Tammy Nuccio — primary (person)
- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)
- William Pizzuto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-06** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** PUBLIC HEARING 0313
- **2026-03-23** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-04-02** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/08/26 `referral`
- **2026-04-09** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-09** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-04-09** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 369
- **2026-04-09** FILE NO. 549
- **2026-04-30** HOUSE PASSED `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 514
- **2026-05-05** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-05-05** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-14** PUBLIC ACT 26-67
- **2026-05-15** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-15** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-19** 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/13e0e4ed-cd9a-48a2-9379-0954602dfb20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).