---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD."
description: "AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 5279"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5279 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advisory bodies", "Child day care", "Early Childhood", "Office of", "School readiness programs", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Cook, Michelle L.", "Mccarty, Kathleen M.", "Sanchez, Robert", "Santiago, Hilda E."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-28"
last_action: "2022-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f25fb8b0-c7f7-44d2-a41b-3318df0e9756"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "eced7839cab57ef07472a4f80e5fb12f3b187db8d4ff2181c992e0f9a226bbf1"
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 5279 (2022) — AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD.

## Version chain

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

1. **ED Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/H/PDF/2022HB-05279-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 408** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/FC/PDF/2022HB-05279-R000408-FC.PDF)
3. **File No. 680** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/FC/PDF/2022HB-05279-R000680-FC.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 22-100** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/ACT/PA/PDF/2022PA-00100-R00HB-05279-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/H/PDF/2022HB-05279-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Cook, Michelle L. — primary (person)
- Mccarty, Kathleen M. — primary (person)
- Sanchez, Robert — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-28** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** PUBLIC HEARING 0304
- **2022-03-25** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-28** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2022-04-05** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/11/22 `referral`
- **2022-04-12** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2022-04-12** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2022-04-12** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 287
- **2022-04-12** FILE NO. 408
- **2022-04-27** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-27** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2022-04-29** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2022-04-29** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 520
- **2022-04-29** FILE NO. 680
- **2022-05-04** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-04** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2022-05-04** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2022-05-13** PUBLIC ACT 22-100
- **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/f25fb8b0-c7f7-44d2-a41b-3318df0e9756`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).