---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT REQUIRING SOLAR DEVELOPERS TO PROVIDE FARMLAND RESTORATION BONDS FOR BOTH PETITION AND APPLICATION PROJECTS APPROVED BY THE SITING COUNCIL."
description: "AN ACT REQUIRING SOLAR DEVELOPERS TO PROVIDE FARMLAND RESTORATION BONDS FOR BOTH PETITION AND APPLICATION PROJECTS APPROVED BY THE SITING COUNCIL."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5916"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5916 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agricultural lands", "Connecticut Siting Council", "Eminent domain", "Soil conservation", "Soil testing", "Solar electricity work"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doug Dubitsky", "Heather S. Somers", "Mark W. Anderson", "Nicholas Menapace", "Patrick E. Callahan", "Saud Anwar", "Tammy Nuccio", "Tim Ackert"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/592dc567-7169-4412-9708-abb35f9cacbf"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "c48462da8425e1a1729efcf648f4ceb41373e7b5db8673a1c268327878f5cc29"
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 5916 (2025) — AN ACT REQUIRING SOLAR DEVELOPERS TO PROVIDE FARMLAND RESTORATION BONDS FOR BOTH PETITION AND APPLICATION PROJECTS APPROVED BY THE SITING COUNCIL.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-05916-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **ENV Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-05916-R02-HB.PDF)
3. **File No. 452** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FC/PDF/2025HB-05916-R000452-FC.PDF)
4. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-05916-R00-HB.PDF)
5. **Public Act No. 25-127** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/ACT/PA/PDF/2025PA-00127-R00HB-05916-PA.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **146–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Doug Dubitsky — primary (person)
- Heather S. Somers — primary (person)
- Mark W. Anderson — primary (person)
- Nicholas Menapace — primary (person)
- Patrick E. Callahan — primary (person)
- Saud Anwar — primary (person)
- Tammy Nuccio — primary (person)
- Tim Ackert — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-24** Vote to Draft
- **2025-02-07** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2025-02-10** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** PUBLIC HEARING 0219
- **2025-03-14** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2025-03-27** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/01/25 `referral`
- **2025-04-02** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2025-04-02** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 282
- **2025-04-02** FILE NO. 452
- **2025-06-03** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2025-06-03** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2025-06-03** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-03** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 618
- **2025-06-04** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2025-06-04** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2025-06-16** PUBLIC ACT 25-127
- **2025-06-25** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2025-06-25** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-08** 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/592dc567-7169-4412-9708-abb35f9cacbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).