---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE KIRKLYN M. KERR PROGRAM."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE KIRKLYN M. KERR PROGRAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5338"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5338 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Grants by the state", "Students", "University of Connecticut"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holly H. Cheeseman", "John-michael Parker", "Kathleen M. Mccarty", "Lisa Seminara", "Martin Foncello", "Mike Demicco", "Paul Cicarella", "William Pizzuto"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-28"
last_action: "2024-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54a5097f-54ff-4556-972f-9f8f235a6ea8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "fa832a987fe77d12eca1c48678e096c39da481363c0d37a97109ecc481f4f296"
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 5338 (2024) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE KIRKLYN M. KERR PROGRAM.

## Version chain

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

1. **APP Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05338-R02-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 191** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05338-R000191-FC.PDF)
3. **File No. 610** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05338-R000610-FC.PDF)
4. **HED Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05338-R01-HB.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05338-R00-HB.PDF)
6. **Special Act No. 24-22** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/SA/PDF/2024SA-00022-R00HB-05338-SA.PDF)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Holly H. Cheeseman — primary (person)
- John-michael Parker — primary (person)
- Kathleen M. Mccarty — primary (person)
- Lisa Seminara — primary (person)
- Martin Foncello — primary (person)
- Mike Demicco — primary (person)
- Paul Cicarella — primary (person)
- William Pizzuto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-28** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Higher Education and Employment Advancement `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** PUBLIC HEARING 0305
- **2024-03-14** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2024-03-25** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/02/24 `referral`
- **2024-04-02** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-04-02** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2024-04-02** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 158
- **2024-04-02** FILE NO. 191
- **2024-04-09** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Appropriations
- **2024-04-15** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-15** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2024-04-18** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/23/24 `referral`
- **2024-04-24** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-04-24** NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations
- **2024-04-24** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2024-04-24** FILE NO. 610
- **2024-05-06** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-06** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2024-05-06** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2024-05-06** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2024-05-06** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 462
- **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
- **2024-05-20** SPECIAL ACT 24-22
- **2024-05-29** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2024-05-29** 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/54a5097f-54ff-4556-972f-9f8f235a6ea8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).