---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT REQUIRING STUDENT SURVEYS DURING EVALUATION OF A PRIVATE CAREER SCHOOL TO RENEW A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORIZATION."
description: "AN ACT REQUIRING STUDENT SURVEYS DURING EVALUATION OF A PRIVATE CAREER SCHOOL TO RENEW A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORIZATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5237"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5237 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Career education", "Certificates and certification", "Higher Education", "Office of", "Students", "Surveys"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Heather S. Somers", "Irene M. Haines", "Lisa Seminara", "Martin Foncello", "William Pizzuto"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-22"
last_action: "2024-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c34726c0-419d-4813-9493-767022c445cd"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "8cecd6d7de5aa286eae86b3e7c22b1f205abcf713b100add73229f742557c38d"
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 5237 (2024) — AN ACT REQUIRING STUDENT SURVEYS DURING EVALUATION OF A PRIVATE CAREER SCHOOL TO RENEW A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORIZATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 170** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05237-R000170-FC.PDF)
2. **HED Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05237-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 24-116** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/PA/PDF/2024PA-00116-R00HB-05237-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05237-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **35–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Heather S. Somers — primary (person)
- Irene M. Haines — primary (person)
- Lisa Seminara — primary (person)
- Martin Foncello — primary (person)
- William Pizzuto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-22** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Higher Education and Employment Advancement `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** PUBLIC HEARING 0305
- **2024-03-14** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2024-03-22** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/27/24 `referral`
- **2024-03-28** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-03-28** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2024-03-28** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 144
- **2024-03-28** FILE NO. 170
- **2024-04-23** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2024-04-25** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2024-04-25** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 368
- **2024-05-08** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2024-05-08** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2024-05-21** PUBLIC ACT 24-116
- **2024-05-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2024-05-28** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-05** 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/c34726c0-419d-4813-9493-767022c445cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).