---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT EXPANDING THE PODIATRIC SCOPE OF PRACTICE."
description: "AN ACT EXPANDING THE PODIATRIC SCOPE OF PRACTICE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5196"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5196 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Podiatry"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Heather S. Somers", "Henry J. Genga", "Kathy Kennedy", "Lisa Seminara", "Martin Foncello", "Patricia Billie Miller", "Travis Simms"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-21"
last_action: "2024-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22a2edbc-3514-4e7d-8654-9a11d06ab8ff"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "1bf59f4382b038b2622ad788854c09406a8db5b089bfc5c403eaa59add22fe3b"
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 5196 (2024) — AN ACT EXPANDING THE PODIATRIC SCOPE OF PRACTICE.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 629** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05196-R000629-FC.PDF)
2. **File No. 96** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05196-R000096-FC.PDF)
3. **PH Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05196-R01-HB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 24-112** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/PA/PDF/2024PA-00112-R00HB-05196-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05196-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **132–16** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Heather S. Somers — primary (person)
- Henry J. Genga — primary (person)
- Kathy Kennedy — primary (person)
- Lisa Seminara — primary (person)
- Martin Foncello — primary (person)
- Patricia Billie Miller — primary (person)
- Travis Simms — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-21** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** PUBLIC HEARING 0226
- **2024-03-11** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2024-03-18** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/25/24 `referral`
- **2024-03-25** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-03-25** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2024-03-25** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 92
- **2024-03-25** FILE NO. 96
- **2024-04-29** AMENDMENT WITHDRAWN HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2024-04-29** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-29** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B `passage`
- **2024-05-01** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2024-05-01** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 383
- **2024-05-01** FILE NO. 629
- **2024-05-08** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-08** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. B `passage`
- **2024-05-08** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2024-05-21** PUBLIC ACT 24-112
- **2024-05-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2024-05-28** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-04** 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/22a2edbc-3514-4e7d-8654-9a11d06ab8ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).