---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE REGULATION OF STRIPED BASS FISHING IN THE STATE, A WORKING GROUP CONCERNING THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION PROGRAM AND PROCEDURES CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FISH PASSAGES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE REGULATION OF STRIPED BASS FISHING IN THE STATE, A WORKING GROUP CONCERNING THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION PROGRAM AND PROCEDURES CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FISH PASSAGES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5333"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5333 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bait", "Energy and Environmental Protection", "Department of", "Fines (Penalties)", "Fish", "Fishing", "Housatonic River", "Municipalities", "Violations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aundre Bumgardner", "Ben Mcgorty", "Brandon Chafee", "Hubert D. Delany", "Irene M. Haines", "John-michael Parker", "Joseph P. Gresko", "Kathy Kennedy", "Mark W. Anderson", "Patricia A. Dillon", "Tom Delnicki"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-26"
last_action: "2026-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2493f6a3-a07d-4fc1-937c-a6d221d5998b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "a603b03f0138f49d962c8ddebed3ce4396b1c5842366a1b03a697958a02d5192"
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 5333 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE REGULATION OF STRIPED BASS FISHING IN THE STATE, A WORKING GROUP CONCERNING THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION PROGRAM AND PROCEDURES CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FISH PASSAGES.

## Version chain

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

1. **ENV Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05333-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 382** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05333-R000382-FC.PDF)
3. **File No. 585** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05333-R000585-FC.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 26-101** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00101-R00HB-05333-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05333-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **133–10** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aundre Bumgardner — primary (person)
- Ben Mcgorty — primary (person)
- Brandon Chafee — primary (person)
- Hubert D. Delany — primary (person)
- Irene M. Haines — primary (person)
- John-michael Parker — primary (person)
- Joseph P. Gresko — primary (person)
- Kathy Kennedy — primary (person)
- Mark W. Anderson — primary (person)
- Patricia A. Dillon — primary (person)
- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-26** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** PUBLIC HEARING 0304
- **2026-03-18** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-03-27** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/01/26 `referral`
- **2026-04-02** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-02** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-04-02** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 268
- **2026-04-02** FILE NO. 382
- **2026-04-08** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-08** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-04-10** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-10** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 355
- **2026-04-10** FILE NO. 585
- **2026-05-06** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-06** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-06** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-19** PUBLIC ACT 26-101
- **2026-05-26** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-26** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-02** 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/2493f6a3-a07d-4fc1-937c-a6d221d5998b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).