---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE REPORTING OF ADVERTISING PURCHASED BY THE STATE."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE REPORTING OF ADVERTISING PURCHASED BY THE STATE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5343"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5343 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Services", "Department of", "Advertising", "Institutions of higher education", "Reports", "State agencies", "Volunteers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Morrin Bello", "Kate Farrar", "Kevin Brown"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-26"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88b910e9-5f0b-4cca-b0a4-377db940ced3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "22c9435b846db3fd55e63c829a3ee2fe510add3f24ffb4c3683d7402467ead96"
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 5343 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE REPORTING OF ADVERTISING PURCHASED BY THE STATE.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 239** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05343-R000239-FC.PDF)
2. **File No. 756** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05343-R000756-FC.PDF)
3. **GAE Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05343-R01-HB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 26-140** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00140-R00HB-05343-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05343-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amy Morrin Bello — primary (person)
- Kate Farrar — primary (person)
- Kevin Brown — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-26** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** PUBLIC HEARING 0304
- **2026-03-11** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-12** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-03-23** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/30/26 `referral`
- **2026-03-30** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-03-30** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-03-30** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 195
- **2026-03-30** FILE NO. 239
- **2026-04-30** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-30** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-04-30** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2026-05-01** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-05-01** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 516
- **2026-05-01** FILE NO. 756
- **2026-05-06** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-06** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-06** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-20** PUBLIC ACT 26-140
- **2026-05-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-28** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-04** 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/88b910e9-5f0b-4cca-b0a4-377db940ced3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).