---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE RELEASE OF CERTAIN LIENS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE RELEASE OF CERTAIN LIENS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5227"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5227 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy and Environmental Protection", "Department of", "Liens"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg S. Howard", "Lisa Seminara", "Martin Foncello"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-22"
last_action: "2024-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64707433-ed2e-4e2d-ac29-92566e03261c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "bc6f1b18ebea899cca605b11022fd84895e7f41c43f9aca3a5bdd1e07eed39bb"
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 5227 (2024) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE RELEASE OF CERTAIN LIENS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

## Version chain

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

1. **ENV Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05227-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 56** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05227-R000056-FC.PDF)
3. **File No. 666** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05227-R000666-FC.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 24-42** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/PA/PDF/2024PA-00042-R00HB-05227-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05227-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greg S. Howard — primary (person)
- Lisa Seminara — primary (person)
- Martin Foncello — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-22** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** PUBLIC HEARING 0228
- **2024-03-08** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2024-03-14** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/19/24 `referral`
- **2024-03-20** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-03-20** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2024-03-20** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 68
- **2024-03-20** FILE NO. 56
- **2024-05-02** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-02** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2024-05-02** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2024-05-03** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2024-05-03** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 427
- **2024-05-03** FILE NO. 666
- **2024-05-08** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-08** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2024-05-08** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2024-05-14** PUBLIC ACT 24-42
- **2024-05-14** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2024-05-14** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-21** 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/64707433-ed2e-4e2d-ac29-92566e03261c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).