---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AMENDING A CONVEYANCE OF A PARCEL OF LAND TO THE TOWN OF SOMERS."
description: "AN ACT AMENDING A CONVEYANCE OF A PARCEL OF LAND TO THE TOWN OF SOMERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5577"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5577 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Conveyances", "Correction Department", "Public safety", "Somers", "State land"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John A. Kissel", "Kurt Vail"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-26"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee5ab962-8b8c-4e5e-a53a-374f03084dd0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "3205ebbff0aef8d490440b170e17d83131c21df7ac471dd4475c8c99d6acd164"
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 5577 (2026) — AN ACT AMENDING A CONVEYANCE OF A PARCEL OF LAND TO THE TOWN OF SOMERS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 677** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05577-R000677-FC.PDF)
2. **GOS Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05577-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05577-R00-HB.PDF)
4. **Special Act No. 26-18** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/SA/PDF/2026SA-00018-R00HB-05577-SA.PDF)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- John A. Kissel — primary (person)
- Kurt Vail — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-26** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Oversight `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-27** PUBLIC HEARING 0401
- **2026-04-06** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-07** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-04-10** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/15/26 `referral`
- **2026-04-16** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-16** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-04-16** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 451
- **2026-04-16** FILE NO. 677
- **2026-04-30** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-04-30** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2026-05-01** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-05-01** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 508
- **2026-05-05** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-05-05** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-20** SPECIAL ACT 26-18
- **2026-05-29** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-29** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-04** 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/ee5ab962-8b8c-4e5e-a53a-374f03084dd0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).