---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING ENERGY ASSISTANCE STUDIES AND FUEL VENDOR REIMBURSEMENT."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING ENERGY ASSISTANCE STUDIES AND FUEL VENDOR REIMBURSEMENT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5426"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5426 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy assistance", "Fuel oil", "Prices", "Reports", "Social Services", "Department of", "Studies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eric C. Berthel", "Jaime S. Foster", "Jeff Gordon", "Lisa Seminara", "Martin Foncello", "Matt Blumenthal", "Raghib Allie-brennan", "Tom Delnicki"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-06"
last_action: "2024-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9feda125-0835-4708-a43f-abbbc94fb7b6"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "e01966d676da2b26085a7f38fc454e6f13a1bf0b8d3404231ef66df178776f7b"
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 5426 (2024) — AN ACT CONCERNING ENERGY ASSISTANCE STUDIES AND FUEL VENDOR REIMBURSEMENT.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 333** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05426-R000333-FC.PDF)
2. **HS Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05426-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 24-145** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/PA/PDF/2024PA-00145-R00HB-05426-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05426-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eric C. Berthel — primary (person)
- Jaime S. Foster — primary (person)
- Jeff Gordon — primary (person)
- Lisa Seminara — primary (person)
- Martin Foncello — primary (person)
- Matt Blumenthal — primary (person)
- Raghib Allie-brennan — primary (person)
- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-06** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-08** PUBLIC HEARING 0314
- **2024-03-19** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-20** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2024-04-01** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/08/24 `referral`
- **2024-04-08** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-04-08** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2024-04-08** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 228
- **2024-04-08** FILE NO. 333
- **2024-05-07** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-07** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-07** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A,B `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 482
- **2024-05-08** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A,B `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-08** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A,B `passage`
- **2024-05-08** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2024-05-22** PUBLIC ACT 24-145
- **2024-05-31** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2024-05-31** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-06** 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/9feda125-0835-4708-a43f-abbbc94fb7b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).