---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY UNDUE DELAY IN WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS BY POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS."
description: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY UNDUE DELAY IN WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS BY POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5385"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5385 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Claims", "Firefighters", "Police", "Reports", "Studies", "Task forces", "Workers' compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craig C. Fishbein", "Devin R. Carney", "Donna Veach", "Hilda E. Santiago", "Kenneth Gucker", "Larry Pemberton", "Martin Foncello", "Michael D. Quinn", "Nicole Klarides-ditria", "Patrick E. Callahan", "Saud Anwar", "Tami Zawistowski", "Tina Courpas", "Tom Delnicki", "William Pizzuto"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-26"
last_action: "2026-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26bc33db-372a-480d-a0c9-5a75e4d56c21"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "e64d4619f509264fe49bcb5ca98f1a69ef49468b8d316985bdb5a24334592369"
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 5385 (2026) — AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY UNDUE DELAY IN WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS BY POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 248** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05385-R000248-FC.PDF)
2. **LAB Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05385-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05385-R00-HB.PDF)
4. **Special Act No. 26-34** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/SA/PDF/2026SA-00034-R00HB-05385-SA.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Craig C. Fishbein — primary (person)
- Devin R. Carney — primary (person)
- Donna Veach — primary (person)
- Hilda E. Santiago — primary (person)
- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
- Larry Pemberton — primary (person)
- Martin Foncello — primary (person)
- Michael D. Quinn — primary (person)
- Nicole Klarides-ditria — primary (person)
- Patrick E. Callahan — primary (person)
- Saud Anwar — primary (person)
- Tami Zawistowski — primary (person)
- Tina Courpas — primary (person)
- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)
- William Pizzuto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-26** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Labor and Public Employees `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** PUBLIC HEARING 0303
- **2026-03-12** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-13** 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 204
- **2026-03-30** FILE NO. 248
- **2026-05-04** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-04** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-04** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2026-05-04** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-05-04** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 546
- **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** SPECIAL ACT 26-34
- **2026-05-29** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-29** 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/26bc33db-372a-480d-a0c9-5a75e4d56c21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).