---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY HYDROGEN POWER."
description: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY HYDROGEN POWER."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 5200"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5200 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy resources", "Hydrogen", "Reports", "Studies", "Task forces"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arconti, David", "Cheeseman, Holly H.", "Cook, Michelle L.", "Gresko, Joseph P.", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Piscopo, John E."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-23"
last_action: "2022-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a017683-0def-4e9c-936f-318fd60b37a4"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "f338ef31971bb8a19e95a7b977538d82fbe8e57c4a5c0a255eb4134bcb088699"
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 5200 (2022) — AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY HYDROGEN POWER.

## Version chain

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

1. **ET Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/H/PDF/2022HB-05200-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 291** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/FC/PDF/2022HB-05200-R000291-FC.PDF)
3. **File No. 590** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/FC/PDF/2022HB-05200-R000590-FC.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/H/PDF/2022HB-05200-R00-HB.PDF)
5. **Special Act No. 22-8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/ACT/SA/PDF/2022SA-00008-R00HB-05200-SA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Arconti, David — primary (person)
- Cheeseman, Holly H. — primary (person)
- Cook, Michelle L. — primary (person)
- Gresko, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Piscopo, John E. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-23** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Energy and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** PUBLIC HEARING 0303
- **2022-03-22** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2022-03-30** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/04/22 `referral`
- **2022-04-05** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2022-04-05** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2022-04-05** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 221
- **2022-04-05** FILE NO. 291
- **2022-04-20** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-20** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2022-04-22** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2022-04-22** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 424
- **2022-04-22** FILE NO. 590
- **2022-05-03** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-03** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2022-05-03** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2022-05-10** SPECIAL ACT 22-8
- **2022-05-17** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2022-05-17** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-23** 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/3a017683-0def-4e9c-936f-318fd60b37a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).