---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE ENFORCEMENT OF BOATING LAWS ON BODIES OF WATER NEAR THE RHODE ISLAND, MASSACHUSETTS AND NEW YORK BORDERS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE ENFORCEMENT OF BOATING LAWS ON BODIES OF WATER NEAR THE RHODE ISLAND, MASSACHUSETTS AND NEW YORK BORDERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5350"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5350 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boats", "Lakes", "Law enforcement", "Watercourses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aundre Bumgardner", "Brian Lanoue", "Craig C. Fishbein", "Heather S. Somers", "Holly H. Cheeseman", "Martin Foncello", "Patrick E. Callahan", "Tami Zawistowski"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-29"
last_action: "2024-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcd005f7-e9f7-465b-80ed-6a9a42e6b1a4"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "dbcf92739145465d46dd76086717f5e4c5895f5b46cf4cdd29d04a0ec413beed"
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 5350 (2024) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE ENFORCEMENT OF BOATING LAWS ON BODIES OF WATER NEAR THE RHODE ISLAND, MASSACHUSETTS AND NEW YORK BORDERS.

## 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-05350-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 277** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05350-R000277-FC.PDF)
3. **PS Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05350-R02-HB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 24-123** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/PA/PDF/2024PA-00123-R00HB-05350-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05350-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **126–24** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aundre Bumgardner — primary (person)
- Brian Lanoue — primary (person)
- Craig C. Fishbein — primary (person)
- Heather S. Somers — primary (person)
- Holly H. Cheeseman — primary (person)
- Martin Foncello — primary (person)
- Patrick E. Callahan — primary (person)
- Tami Zawistowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-29** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-08** PUBLIC HEARING 0315
- **2024-03-20** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-20** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2024-03-28** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/03/24 `referral`
- **2024-04-04** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-04-04** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2024-04-04** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 194
- **2024-04-04** FILE NO. 277
- **2024-04-09** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Public Safety and Security
- **2024-04-16** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-16** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2024-04-16** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-04-16** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Public Safety and Security
- **2024-04-16** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2024-05-06** HOUSE PASSED `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 463
- **2024-05-08** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2024-05-08** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2024-05-22** PUBLIC ACT 24-123
- **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/dcd005f7-e9f7-465b-80ed-6a9a42e6b1a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).