---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT REQUIRING FOOD ALLERGY AWARENESS IN RESTAURANTS."
description: "AN ACT REQUIRING FOOD ALLERGY AWARENESS IN RESTAURANTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5902"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5902 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Allergies", "Food", "Occupational training", "Public Health", "Department of", "Reports", "Restaurants", "Signs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Comey, Robin E.", "Dillon, Patricia A.", "Kavros Degraw, Eleni", "Lesser, Matthew L.", "Meskers, Stephen R", "Michel, David", "Miller, Patricia Billie", "Poulos, Christopher", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Turco, Gary A."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8260f812-1202-4d16-9354-bf5e39839a32"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "2690c9ea9bbd5e5ba6cba1c510ff7fbabe849617bb7b9f27e5cb16d7b2b9bfd8"
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 5902 (2023) — AN ACT REQUIRING FOOD ALLERGY AWARENESS IN RESTAURANTS.

## 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-05902-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 303** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-05902-R000303-FC.PDF)
3. **File No. 797** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-05902-R000797-FC.PDF)
4. **PH Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-05902-R02-HB.PDF)
5. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-05902-R00-HB.PDF)
6. **Public Act No. 23-115** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00115-R00HB-05902-PA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Comey, Robin E. — primary (person)
- Dillon, Patricia A. — primary (person)
- Kavros Degraw, Eleni — primary (person)
- Lesser, Matthew L. — primary (person)
- Meskers, Stephen R — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Miller, Patricia Billie — primary (person)
- Poulos, Christopher — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Turco, Gary A. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** Reserved for Subject Matter Public Hearing
- **2023-02-17** PUBLIC HEARING 0222
- **2023-03-03** Vote to Draft
- **2023-03-08** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2023-03-09** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-03-23** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/28/23 `referral`
- **2023-03-29** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-03-29** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-03-29** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 201
- **2023-03-29** FILE NO. 303
- **2023-05-17** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-17** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-05-19** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-05-19** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 533
- **2023-05-19** FILE NO. 797
- **2023-06-06** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-06** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-06** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-15** PUBLIC ACT 23-115
- **2023-06-22** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-22** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-27** 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/8260f812-1202-4d16-9354-bf5e39839a32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).