---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF POLICE BODY-WORN RECORDING EQUIPMENT."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF POLICE BODY-WORN RECORDING EQUIPMENT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5381"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5381 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency Services and Public Protection", "Department of", "Law enforcement", "Police", "Police Officer Standards and Training Council", "Police training", "Recordings"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aundre Bumgardner", "Bobby G. Gibson", "David Michel", "Hilda E. Santiago", "Hubert D. Delany", "Joshua M. Hall", "Karen Reddington-hughes", "Lisa Seminara", "Martin Foncello", "Maryam Khan", "Susan M. Johnson", "Travis Simms"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-29"
last_action: "2024-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f40dae11-d078-4971-8eba-acf8ec65000b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "34ba32c17a6a59228165d0c06ceb42514d0a58e77bf7cd0bec3174321ac12306"
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 5381 (2024) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF POLICE BODY-WORN RECORDING EQUIPMENT.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 513** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05381-R000513-FC.PDF)
2. **JUD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05381-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 24-15** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/PA/PDF/2024PA-00015-R00HB-05381-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05381-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Aundre Bumgardner — primary (person)
- Bobby G. Gibson — primary (person)
- David Michel — primary (person)
- Hilda E. Santiago — primary (person)
- Hubert D. Delany — primary (person)
- Joshua M. Hall — primary (person)
- Karen Reddington-hughes — primary (person)
- Lisa Seminara — primary (person)
- Martin Foncello — primary (person)
- Maryam Khan — primary (person)
- Susan M. Johnson — primary (person)
- Travis Simms — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-29** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** PUBLIC HEARING 0306
- **2024-03-28** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2024-04-09** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/15/24 `referral`
- **2024-04-16** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-04-16** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2024-04-16** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 351
- **2024-04-16** FILE NO. 513
- **2024-04-23** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2024-04-25** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2024-04-25** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 363
- **2024-05-06** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2024-05-06** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2024-05-08** PUBLIC ACT 24-15
- **2024-05-09** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2024-05-09** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-14** 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/f40dae11-d078-4971-8eba-acf8ec65000b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).