---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT DESIGNATING THE STATE DOG AND STATE CANDY AND CREATING A WORKING GROUP CONCERNING REDESIGNATING THE STATE INSECT."
description: "AN ACT DESIGNATING THE STATE DOG AND STATE CANDY AND CREATING A WORKING GROUP CONCERNING REDESIGNATING THE STATE INSECT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5304"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5304 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Reports", "State symbols"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cristin Mccarthy Vahey", "Jennifer Leeper", "Kevin Brown", "Lisa Seminara", "Matt Blumenthal", "Sarah Keitt", "Tony Hwang"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-28"
last_action: "2024-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d10e5730-0dc4-40b9-90bc-33b3368086fe"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "4af3bd37dd73457993e013dd338212042bcea5e49290ff4f14a351199978e8a4"
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 5304 (2024) — AN ACT DESIGNATING THE STATE DOG AND STATE CANDY AND CREATING A WORKING GROUP CONCERNING REDESIGNATING THE STATE INSECT.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 405** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05304-R000405-FC.PDF)
2. **File No. 568** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05304-R000568-FC.PDF)
3. **GAE Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05304-R01-HB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 24-121** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/PA/PDF/2024PA-00121-R00HB-05304-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05304-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **128–18** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cristin Mccarthy Vahey — primary (person)
- Jennifer Leeper — primary (person)
- Kevin Brown — primary (person)
- Lisa Seminara — primary (person)
- Matt Blumenthal — primary (person)
- Sarah Keitt — primary (person)
- Tony Hwang — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-28** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04** PUBLIC HEARING 0308
- **2024-03-22** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-25** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2024-04-04** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/09/24 `referral`
- **2024-04-10** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-04-10** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2024-04-10** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 261
- **2024-04-10** FILE NO. 405
- **2024-04-17** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-17** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2024-04-19** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2024-04-19** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 332
- **2024-04-19** FILE NO. 568
- **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
- **2024-05-22** PUBLIC ACT 24-121
- **2024-05-30** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2024-05-30** 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/d10e5730-0dc4-40b9-90bc-33b3368086fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).