---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT REQUIRING A STUDY TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM TO PROVIDE STIPENDS FOR THE CONNECTICUT CIVIL AIR PATROL."
description: "AN ACT REQUIRING A STUDY TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM TO PROVIDE STIPENDS FOR THE CONNECTICUT CIVIL AIR PATROL."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5493"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5493 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Air Patrol", "Comptroller", "State funds", "Studies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christie M. Carpino", "Christopher Poulos", "Dave W. Yaccarino", "Donna Veach", "Irene M. Haines", "Kathy Kennedy", "Kenneth Gucker", "Martin Foncello", "Steve Weir", "Tom Delnicki", "William Heffernan", "William Pizzuto"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-05"
last_action: "2026-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd8db025-7212-4e74-90bd-e7edae4c0494"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "e68c98695e4c960b40df98ac122fb158444e37fa6ab079679e50485516ce46e4"
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 5493 (2026) — AN ACT REQUIRING A STUDY TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM TO PROVIDE STIPENDS FOR THE CONNECTICUT CIVIL AIR PATROL.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 334** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05493-R000334-FC.PDF)
2. **LAB Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05493-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05493-R00-HB.PDF)
4. **Special Act No. 26-31** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/SA/PDF/2026SA-00031-R00HB-05493-SA.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Christie M. Carpino — primary (person)
- Christopher Poulos — primary (person)
- Dave W. Yaccarino — primary (person)
- Donna Veach — primary (person)
- Irene M. Haines — primary (person)
- Kathy Kennedy — primary (person)
- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
- Martin Foncello — primary (person)
- Steve Weir — primary (person)
- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)
- William Heffernan — primary (person)
- William Pizzuto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-05** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Labor and Public Employees `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** PUBLIC HEARING 0310
- **2026-03-17** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** 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 253
- **2026-04-01** FILE NO. 334
- **2026-05-01** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-05-01** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2026-05-02** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-05-02** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 530
- **2026-05-06** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-05-06** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-20** SPECIAL ACT 26-31
- **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/fd8db025-7212-4e74-90bd-e7edae4c0494`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).