---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE FEE FOR A CREMATION CERTIFICATE FOR DECEASED PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE FEE FOR A CREMATION CERTIFICATE FOR DECEASED PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 5274"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5274 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Age", "Child fatalities", "Cremation", "Fees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Fishbein, Craig C.", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Kennedy, Kathy", "Mccarty, Kathleen M.", "Rochelle, Kara"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-28"
last_action: "2022-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1f5b6f7-4039-44ac-946a-4ca56585018c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "8b8620ca0a4d6a13703d465fc334029cb5785a1243aa819d6b7a00450ba5c450"
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 5274 (2022) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE FEE FOR A CREMATION CERTIFICATE FOR DECEASED PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 111** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/FC/PDF/2022HB-05274-R000111-FC.PDF)
2. **PH Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/H/PDF/2022HB-05274-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 22-99** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/ACT/PA/PDF/2022PA-00099-R00HB-05274-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/H/PDF/2022HB-05274-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Fishbein, Craig C. — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Kathy — primary (person)
- Mccarty, Kathleen M. — primary (person)
- Rochelle, Kara — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-28** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** PUBLIC HEARING 0307
- **2022-03-11** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2022-03-17** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/22/22 `referral`
- **2022-03-23** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2022-03-23** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2022-03-23** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 114
- **2022-03-23** FILE NO. 111
- **2022-05-04** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2022-05-04** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2022-05-04** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2022-05-04** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 569
- **2022-05-04** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2022-05-04** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2022-05-13** PUBLIC ACT 22-99
- **2022-05-17** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2022-05-17** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-24** 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/c1f5b6f7-4039-44ac-946a-4ca56585018c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).