---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING NURSING HOME WAITING LISTS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING NURSING HOME WAITING LISTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5457"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5457 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Discrimination", "Indigent persons", "Nursing home violations", "Nursing homes", "Social Services", "Department of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eleni Kavros Degraw", "Kara Rochelle", "Kathy Kennedy", "Lisa Seminara", "Martin Foncello", "Matt Blumenthal", "Matthew L. Lesser", "Saud Anwar"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-07"
last_action: "2024-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3e7f928-9c71-43f3-882a-3dae5b9b0cf4"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "b573b9dfd61d117e210f799bc01470b3ad2738889cf184065e5096128d9161d9"
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 5457 (2024) — AN ACT CONCERNING NURSING HOME WAITING LISTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 289** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05457-R000289-FC.PDF)
2. **File No. 606** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05457-R000606-FC.PDF)
3. **HS Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05457-R01-HB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 24-17** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/PA/PDF/2024PA-00017-R00HB-05457-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05457-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eleni Kavros Degraw — primary (person)
- Kara Rochelle — primary (person)
- Kathy Kennedy — primary (person)
- Lisa Seminara — primary (person)
- Martin Foncello — primary (person)
- Matt Blumenthal — primary (person)
- Matthew L. Lesser — primary (person)
- Saud Anwar — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-07** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-08** PUBLIC HEARING 0314
- **2024-03-19** 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 206
- **2024-04-04** FILE NO. 289
- **2024-04-18** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-18** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2024-04-22** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2024-04-22** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 338
- **2024-04-22** FILE NO. 606
- **2024-05-06** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-06** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2024-05-06** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2024-05-08** PUBLIC ACT 24-17
- **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/a3e7f928-9c71-43f3-882a-3dae5b9b0cf4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).