---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF STATE MARSHALS' HEALTH BENEFITS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF STATE MARSHALS' HEALTH BENEFITS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5856"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5856 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health insurance", "Reports", "State Marshal Commission", "State marshals", "Studies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arnone, Tom", "Delnicki, Tom", "Digiovancarlo, Michael", "Hall, Joshua M.", "Kennedy, Kathy", "Mushinsky, Mary M.", "Porter, Robyn A."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/549f94fc-b043-4d12-afa2-f14c0c21203a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "227bd515158a165db63933c1d05203ac788c02b2cc4fc16b454874941a45bcab"
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 5856 (2023) — AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF STATE MARSHALS' HEALTH BENEFITS.

## 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/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-05856-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 481** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-05856-R000481-FC.PDF)
3. **LAB Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-05856-R02-HB.PDF)
4. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-05856-R00-HB.PDF)
5. **Special Act No. 23-6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/SA/PDF/2023SA-00006-R00HB-05856-SA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Arnone, Tom — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Digiovancarlo, Michael — primary (person)
- Hall, Joshua M. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Kathy — primary (person)
- Mushinsky, Mary M. — primary (person)
- Porter, Robyn A. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Labor and Public Employees `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Reserved for Subject Matter Public Hearing
- **2023-02-17** PUBLIC HEARING 0223
- **2023-02-28** Vote to Draft
- **2023-03-21** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2023-03-22** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Labor and Public Employees `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-04-03** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/11/23 `referral`
- **2023-04-11** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-04-11** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 307
- **2023-04-11** FILE NO. 481
- **2023-05-04** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2023-05-08** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-05-08** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 465
- **2023-06-05** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2023-06-05** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-12** SPECIAL ACT 23-6
- **2023-06-14** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-14** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-26** 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/549f94fc-b043-4d12-afa2-f14c0c21203a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).