---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO THE STATE BUILDING CODE, STATE FIRE PREVENTION CODE AND FIRE SAFETY CODE."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO THE STATE BUILDING CODE, STATE FIRE PREVENTION CODE AND FIRE SAFETY CODE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5401"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5401 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Services", "Department of", "Building inspectors and officials", "Codes and Standards Committee", "Housing development", "Occupational training", "State Building Code", "State Building Inspector"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Mcgorty", "Greg S. Howard", "Tom Delnicki"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-26"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25c3333e-3098-4e09-9dc7-b84dcd64b436"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "492d65034d2434d552f2bf1780d4fad74cb2eaf0a1f8e3fe94a214d3f56ea112"
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 5401 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO THE STATE BUILDING CODE, STATE FIRE PREVENTION CODE AND FIRE SAFETY CODE.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 325** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05401-R000325-FC.PDF)
2. **File No. 610** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05401-R000610-FC.PDF)
3. **PS Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05401-R01-HB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 26-58** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00058-R00HB-05401-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05401-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Ben Mcgorty — primary (person)
- Greg S. Howard — primary (person)
- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-26** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Safety and Security `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** PUBLIC HEARING 0305
- **2026-03-17** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-03-26** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/31/26 `referral`
- **2026-04-01** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-01** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-04-01** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 244
- **2026-04-01** FILE NO. 325
- **2026-04-09** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-09** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-04-13** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-13** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 371
- **2026-04-13** FILE NO. 610
- **2026-05-05** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-05** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-05** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-14** PUBLIC ACT 26-58
- **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/25c3333e-3098-4e09-9dc7-b84dcd64b436`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).