---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT REQUIRING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY TO STUDY THE CREATION OF A NEW RATE CLASS FOR GAS COMPANIES."
description: "AN ACT REQUIRING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY TO STUDY THE CREATION OF A NEW RATE CLASS FOR GAS COMPANIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5181"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5181 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gas company rates", "Natural gas", "Reports", "Studies", "Public Utilities Regulatory Authority"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berthel, Eric C.", "Bizzarro, Gennaro", "Bolinsky, Mitch", "Genga, Henry J.", "O'Neill, Arthur J.", "Petit, William A.", "Serra, Joseph C.", "Somers, Heather S.", "Zawistowski, Tami"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b285f901-6dc3-4b15-9af9-963e43ec52e3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "b46633508ecd132639bb3c8d542e6eed04ed1b6725a723cfd2be962d22636e10"
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 5181 (2019) — AN ACT REQUIRING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY TO STUDY THE CREATION OF A NEW RATE CLASS FOR GAS COMPANIES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-05181-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **ET Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-05181-R02-HB.PDF)
3. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-05181-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Berthel, Eric C. — primary (person)
- Bizzarro, Gennaro — primary (person)
- Bolinsky, Mitch — primary (person)
- Genga, Henry J. — primary (person)
- O'Neill, Arthur J. — primary (person)
- Petit, William A. — primary (person)
- Serra, Joseph C. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)
- Zawistowski, Tami — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Energy and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Reserved for Subject Matter Public Hearing
- **2019-02-15** PUBLIC HEARING 0221
- **2019-02-26** Vote to Draft
- **2019-03-15** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2019-03-18** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Energy and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-03-29** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/03/19
- **2019-04-04** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-04-04** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-04-04** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 242
- **2019-04-04** FILE NO. 389
- **2019-05-22** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-05-22** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2019-05-24** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-05-24** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 600
- **2019-05-24** FILE NO. 986
- **2019-06-05** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-05** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-05** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-24** SPECIAL ACT 19-20
- **2019-06-27** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2019-06-27** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2019-07-12** 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/b285f901-6dc3-4b15-9af9-963e43ec52e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).