---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF CERTAIN FISH SPECIES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF CERTAIN FISH SPECIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 5141"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5141 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bait", "Energy and Environmental Protection", "Department of", "Fish", "Infractions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dillon, Patricia A.", "Fishbein, Craig C.", "Garibay, Jane M.", "Wilson, David T."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-17"
last_action: "2022-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df5f110b-52ca-4719-b984-481c3b9cbb00"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "703fbd0e25a396fb8d708d7a43b0a68ffdf7306ffd3e2a00aef531224970b5be"
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 5141 (2022) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF CERTAIN FISH SPECIES.

## Version chain

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

1. **ENV Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/H/PDF/2022HB-05141-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 33** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/FC/PDF/2022HB-05141-R000033-FC.PDF)
3. **File No. 667** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/FC/PDF/2022HB-05141-R000667-FC.PDF)
4. **JUD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/H/PDF/2022HB-05141-R02-HB.PDF)
5. **Public Act No. 22-51** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/ACT/PA/PDF/2022PA-00051-R00HB-05141-PA.PDF)
6. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/H/PDF/2022HB-05141-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Dillon, Patricia A. — primary (person)
- Fishbein, Craig C. — primary (person)
- Garibay, Jane M. — primary (person)
- Wilson, David T. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-17** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-18** PUBLIC HEARING 0225
- **2022-03-04** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-07** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2022-03-14** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/21/22 `referral`
- **2022-03-21** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2022-03-21** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2022-03-21** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 72
- **2022-03-21** FILE NO. 33
- **2022-04-06** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Judiciary
- **2022-04-11** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-12** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2022-04-12** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2022-04-12** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Judiciary
- **2022-04-12** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2022-04-26** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-26** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2022-04-27** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2022-04-27** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2022-04-27** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 496
- **2022-04-27** FILE NO. 667
- **2022-05-03** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-03** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2022-05-03** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2022-05-10** PUBLIC ACT 22-51
- **2022-05-17** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2022-05-17** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-23** 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/df5f110b-52ca-4719-b984-481c3b9cbb00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).