---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE ENFORCEMENT OF ZONING REGULATIONS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE ENFORCEMENT OF ZONING REGULATIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5391"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5391 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fines (Penalties)", "Municipal regulations", "Municipalities", "Ordinances", "Planning and zoning commissions", "Violations", "Zoning enforcement officers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steven Winter", "Tom Delnicki"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-26"
last_action: "2026-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9deeca7e-96a2-47ff-bf8a-1650f42d85df"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "52c4aa1627867143e78ee891cce8c370815cfdaf3cf533221e3a83db92b68f62"
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 5391 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE ENFORCEMENT OF ZONING REGULATIONS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 261** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05391-R000261-FC.PDF)
2. **PD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05391-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-9** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00009-R00HB-05391-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05391-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Steven Winter — primary (person)
- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-26** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Planning and Development `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** PUBLIC HEARING 0304
- **2026-03-13** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-16** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-03-25** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/30/26 `referral`
- **2026-03-31** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-03-31** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-03-31** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 217
- **2026-03-31** FILE NO. 261
- **2026-04-09** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-04-13** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-13** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 369
- **2026-04-30** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-04-30** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-04** PUBLIC ACT 26-9
- **2026-05-06** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-06** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-07** 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/9deeca7e-96a2-47ff-bf8a-1650f42d85df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).