---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING COOPERATIVE CORPORATIONS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING COOPERATIVE CORPORATIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5431"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5431 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Certificates and certification", "Cooperative associations", "Corporations", "Incorporation", "Stocks"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aundre Bumgardner", "Nick Gauthier", "Tom Delnicki"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-27"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e91f12d3-13e5-4bc9-b72e-6bdb7de6a358"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "c5cbfb4cd74cd084005a9e4900995eb87907a9237be62c820beff731cc6fba83"
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 5431 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING COOPERATIVE CORPORATIONS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 534** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05431-R000534-FC.PDF)
2. **JUD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05431-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-59** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00059-R00HB-05431-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05431-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aundre Bumgardner — primary (person)
- Nick Gauthier — primary (person)
- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-27** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-12** PUBLIC HEARING 0316
- **2026-03-23** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-24** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-04-02** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/08/26 `referral`
- **2026-04-09** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-09** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-04-09** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 353
- **2026-04-09** FILE NO. 534
- **2026-04-29** HOUSE PASSED `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 491
- **2026-05-05** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-05-05** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-14** PUBLIC ACT 26-59
- **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/e91f12d3-13e5-4bc9-b72e-6bdb7de6a358`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).