---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING DATA SECURITY, PAYROLL PROCESSING, CONSUMER FRAUD PROTECTION, MORTGAGE LOANS AND EMPLOYEE CREDIT RATES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING DATA SECURITY, PAYROLL PROCESSING, CONSUMER FRAUD PROTECTION, MORTGAGE LOANS AND EMPLOYEE CREDIT RATES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5208"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5208 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Banking Department", "Reports", "Secured transactions", "Studies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eric C. Berthel", "Farley Santos", "Fred Gee", "Hector Arzeno", "Kenneth Gucker", "Tom Delnicki"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-18"
last_action: "2026-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc9a09da-dbcd-4db7-9c7f-138b7544a322"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "73cf9618f356f465aca5cbae100e061eaf3049769f45602961021025e3a52ac1"
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 5208 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING DATA SECURITY, PAYROLL PROCESSING, CONSUMER FRAUD PROTECTION, MORTGAGE LOANS AND EMPLOYEE CREDIT RATES.

## Version chain

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

1. **BA Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05208-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 728** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05208-R000728-FC.PDF)
3. **File No. 90** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05208-R000090-FC.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 26-51** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00051-R00HB-05208-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05208-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **144–4** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eric C. Berthel — primary (person)
- Farley Santos — primary (person)
- Fred Gee — primary (person)
- Hector Arzeno — primary (person)
- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-18** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Banking `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** PUBLIC HEARING 0224
- **2026-03-10** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-03-13** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/18/26 `referral`
- **2026-03-19** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-03-19** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-03-19** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 82
- **2026-03-19** FILE NO. 90
- **2026-04-27** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-27** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-04-27** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2026-04-28** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-28** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 479
- **2026-04-28** FILE NO. 728
- **2026-05-05** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-05** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-05** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-14** PUBLIC ACT 26-51
- **2026-05-15** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-15** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-27** 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/dc9a09da-dbcd-4db7-9c7f-138b7544a322`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).