---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE NONISSUANCE OF A STANDING CRIMINAL PROTECTIVE ORDER IN THE CASE OF A FAMILY VIOLENCE CRIME."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE NONISSUANCE OF A STANDING CRIMINAL PROTECTIVE ORDER IN THE CASE OF A FAMILY VIOLENCE CRIME."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5311"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5311 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Domestic violence", "Mentally ill persons", "Protective orders"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craig C. Fishbein", "Heather S. Somers", "Jason Perillo", "John A. Kissel", "Paul Cicarella", "Stephen G. Harding", "Tami Zawistowski", "Tammy Nuccio", "Tina Courpas"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-25"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19840c94-8a11-4b13-8417-802d3947a92b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "cd13b1061bd13ffb427230711866a7508f3c60cc8a5c75e67539ae51b2778730"
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 5311 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE NONISSUANCE OF A STANDING CRIMINAL PROTECTIVE ORDER IN THE CASE OF A FAMILY VIOLENCE CRIME.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 513** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05311-R000513-FC.PDF)
2. **JUD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05311-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-32** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00032-R00HB-05311-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05311-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Craig C. Fishbein — primary (person)
- Heather S. Somers — primary (person)
- Jason Perillo — primary (person)
- John A. Kissel — primary (person)
- Paul Cicarella — primary (person)
- Stephen G. Harding — primary (person)
- Tami Zawistowski — primary (person)
- Tammy Nuccio — primary (person)
- Tina Courpas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-25** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** PUBLIC HEARING 0302
- **2026-03-24** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-25** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-04-01** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/07/26 `referral`
- **2026-04-08** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-08** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-04-08** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 333
- **2026-04-08** FILE NO. 513
- **2026-04-22** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-04-24** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-24** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 454
- **2026-05-04** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-05-04** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-14** PUBLIC ACT 26-32
- **2026-05-15** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-15** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-26** 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/19840c94-8a11-4b13-8417-802d3947a92b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).