---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING FIREARMS BACKGROUND CHECKS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING FIREARMS BACKGROUND CHECKS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5467"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5467 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal history records", "Disclosure", "Firearms", "Judicial Department employees", "Juvenile records", "Probate Court employees", "Probate judges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Godfrey", "David Michel", "Donna Veach", "Jonathan Steinberg", "Lisa Seminara", "Ryan Fazio", "Saud Anwar", "Steven J. Stafstrom", "Tammy Nuccio"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-07"
last_action: "2024-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/764504b3-2f14-468b-983a-c3870d652806"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "b7f45e8ce5650285d1336fd03d1972b869fb7bedb17a8a88a2d04f912f8cd4f1"
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 5467 (2024) — AN ACT CONCERNING FIREARMS BACKGROUND CHECKS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 516** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05467-R000516-FC.PDF)
2. **JUD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05467-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 24-43** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/PA/PDF/2024PA-00043-R00HB-05467-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05467-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **58–90** (fail) · lower
- House Roll Call Vote — **148–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Godfrey — primary (person)
- David Michel — primary (person)
- Donna Veach — primary (person)
- Jonathan Steinberg — primary (person)
- Lisa Seminara — primary (person)
- Ryan Fazio — primary (person)
- Saud Anwar — primary (person)
- Steven J. Stafstrom — primary (person)
- Tammy Nuccio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-07** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-08** PUBLIC HEARING 0313
- **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 354
- **2024-04-16** FILE NO. 516
- **2024-04-25** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-failure`
- **2024-04-25** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2024-04-29** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2024-04-29** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 379
- **2024-05-07** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2024-05-07** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2024-05-14** PUBLIC ACT 24-43
- **2024-05-14** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2024-05-14** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-21** 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/764504b3-2f14-468b-983a-c3870d652806`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).