---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS REVISIONS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH STATUTES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS REVISIONS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH STATUTES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 5485"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5485 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Acupuncture", "Advisory bodies", "Civil commitment", "Electronic nicotine delivery systems", "Immunization", "Liquor permits", "Marital and family therapists", "Pharmacists", "Professional counselors", "Reports", "Vapor product"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gucker, Kenneth M", "Lanoue, Brian"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-03-16"
last_action: "2022-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b3a4fa2-ce12-4deb-8533-31a771d75b72"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "7515dfadbb395293c889adff495e381e48345186cdafbbc4127d5763e6cd0467"
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 5485 (2022) — AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS REVISIONS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH STATUTES.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 423** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/FC/PDF/2022HB-05485-R000423-FC.PDF)
2. **PH Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/H/PDF/2022HB-05485-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 22-92** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/ACT/PA/PDF/2022PA-00092-R00HB-05485-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/H/PDF/2022HB-05485-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Lanoue, Brian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-16** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17** PUBLIC HEARING 0321
- **2022-03-25** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-28** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2022-04-05** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/11/22 `referral`
- **2022-04-12** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2022-04-12** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2022-04-12** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 302
- **2022-04-12** FILE NO. 423
- **2022-05-02** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-02** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2022-05-02** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2022-05-02** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2022-05-02** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 552
- **2022-05-03** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-03** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2022-05-03** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2022-05-13** PUBLIC ACT 22-92
- **2022-05-17** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2022-05-17** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-24** 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/3b3a4fa2-ce12-4deb-8533-31a771d75b72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).