---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT DEFINING \"DEPENDENT CHILD\" FOR PURPOSES OF THE STATE CODE OF ETHICS FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND CONCERNING THE EXERCISE OF JURISDICTION OVER NONRESIDENTS BY THE OFFICE OF STATE ETHICS."
description: "AN ACT DEFINING \"DEPENDENT CHILD\" FOR PURPOSES OF THE STATE CODE OF ETHICS FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND CONCERNING THE EXERCISE OF JURISDICTION OVER NONRESIDENTS BY THE OFFICE OF STATE ETHICS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5407"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5407 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children", "Dependents", "Ethics code for public officials", "Nonresidents", "State Ethics", "Office of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lisa Seminara", "Martin Foncello", "Matt Blumenthal", "Tom Delnicki"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7efb1b1d-4198-42e5-aab7-b8752dbad619"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "6c0210c6a78f5ca3e6b5d91d331ac3fd504325a13d3bc2a975ea359735b0d795"
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 5407 (2024) — AN ACT DEFINING "DEPENDENT CHILD" FOR PURPOSES OF THE STATE CODE OF ETHICS FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND CONCERNING THE EXERCISE OF JURISDICTION OVER NONRESIDENTS BY THE OFFICE OF STATE ETHICS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 288** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05407-R000288-FC.PDF)
2. **GAE Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05407-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 24-128** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/PA/PDF/2024PA-00128-R00HB-05407-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05407-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **151–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lisa Seminara — primary (person)
- Martin Foncello — primary (person)
- Matt Blumenthal — primary (person)
- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-01** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04** PUBLIC HEARING 0308
- **2024-03-15** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** 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 205
- **2024-04-04** FILE NO. 288
- **2024-05-07** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2024-05-07** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2024-05-07** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2024-05-07** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 472
- **2024-05-08** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2024-05-08** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2024-05-08** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2024-05-22** PUBLIC ACT 24-128
- **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/7efb1b1d-4198-42e5-aab7-b8752dbad619`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).