---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE PATIENT LIFTS TO CERTAIN HEALTH CARE OFFICES AND FACILITIES."
description: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE PATIENT LIFTS TO CERTAIN HEALTH CARE OFFICES AND FACILITIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5421"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5421 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Grants by the state", "Health care facilities", "Medical supplies and equipment", "Public Health", "Department of", "State Treasurer", "State funds"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cristin Mccarthy Vahey", "Eleni Kavros Degraw", "Karen Reddington-hughes", "Kenneth Gucker", "Mark Decaprio", "Michael D. Quinn", "Mike Demicco", "Nick Gauthier", "Patricia A. Dillon", "Sarah Keitt", "Saud Anwar", "William Pizzuto"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-27"
last_action: "2026-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0faa3fb-cc5a-4d55-a82a-5350c571b403"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "a43e4f7ee3e6589b945aacd08688bec6517992fc1947dced4b242bffa9fd3401"
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 5421 (2026) — AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE PATIENT LIFTS TO CERTAIN HEALTH CARE OFFICES AND FACILITIES.

## Version chain

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

1. **APP Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05421-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 638** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05421-R000638-FC.PDF)
3. **File No. 753** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05421-R000753-FC.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 26-36** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00036-R00HB-05421-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05421-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cristin Mccarthy Vahey — primary (person)
- Eleni Kavros Degraw — primary (person)
- Karen Reddington-hughes — primary (person)
- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
- Mark Decaprio — primary (person)
- Michael D. Quinn — primary (person)
- Mike Demicco — primary (person)
- Nick Gauthier — primary (person)
- Patricia A. Dillon — primary (person)
- Sarah Keitt — primary (person)
- Saud Anwar — primary (person)
- William Pizzuto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-27** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** PUBLIC HEARING 0312
- **2026-04-01** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-04-09** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/14/26 `referral`
- **2026-04-15** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-15** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-04-15** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 429
- **2026-04-15** FILE NO. 638
- **2026-04-29** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-29** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-04-29** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2026-04-30** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-30** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 489
- **2026-04-30** FILE NO. 753
- **2026-05-04** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-04** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-04** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-14** PUBLIC ACT 26-36
- **2026-05-15** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-15** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-19** 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/e0faa3fb-cc5a-4d55-a82a-5350c571b403`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).