---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5363"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5363 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Colleges and universities", "Commissions", "Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lisa Seminara", "Martin Foncello", "William Pizzuto"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-29"
last_action: "2024-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b7c5aa1-7420-4e3c-a1ea-7fce8ccc35c9"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "e7ebd482cafea9f0eb0c773b7df575ec176d599cc033a73d7c9268656aaa6144"
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 5363 (2024) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 236** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05363-R000236-FC.PDF)
2. **File No. 655** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05363-R000655-FC.PDF)
3. **HED Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05363-R01-HB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 24-125** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/PA/PDF/2024PA-00125-R00HB-05363-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05363-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lisa Seminara — primary (person)
- Martin Foncello — primary (person)
- William Pizzuto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-29** 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`
- **2024-03-26** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/02/24 `referral`
- **2024-04-03** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-04-03** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2024-04-03** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 177
- **2024-04-03** FILE NO. 236
- **2024-05-01** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-01** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2024-05-03** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2024-05-03** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 435
- **2024-05-03** FILE NO. 655
- **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 24-125
- **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/2b7c5aa1-7420-4e3c-a1ea-7fce8ccc35c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).