---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE PATH PROGRAM AND AMENDING THE CONNECTICUT COLLEGIATE AWARENESS AND PREPARATION PROGRAM."
description: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE PATH PROGRAM AND AMENDING THE CONNECTICUT COLLEGIATE AWARENESS AND PREPARATION PROGRAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5239"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5239 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["College readiness grant program", "Disadvantaged persons", "Grants by the state", "Higher Education", "Office of", "Institutions of higher education", "Nonprofit organizations", "Student financial aid", "Students"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anabel D. Figueroa", "Geraldo C. Reyes", "Gregory Haddad", "Henry J. Genga", "Hilda E. Santiago", "Jeff Gordon", "Kevin C. Kelly", "Lisa Seminara", "Martin Foncello", "Saud Anwar"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-22"
last_action: "2024-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39358f49-ae67-4b3a-9a68-a0230f8a3c58"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "6ff85572d6170ce0e83ae2e031c0a4257a174b8182d44a51c55f1439544eb84d"
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 5239 (2024) — AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE PATH PROGRAM AND AMENDING THE CONNECTICUT COLLEGIATE AWARENESS AND PREPARATION PROGRAM.

## Version chain

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

1. **APP Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05239-R02-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 179** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05239-R000179-FC.PDF)
3. **File No. 609** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05239-R000609-FC.PDF)
4. **File No. 631** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05239-R000631-FC.PDF)
5. **HED Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05239-R01-HB.PDF)
6. **Public Act No. 24-117** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/PA/PDF/2024PA-00117-R00HB-05239-PA.PDF)
7. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05239-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anabel D. Figueroa — primary (person)
- Geraldo C. Reyes — primary (person)
- Gregory Haddad — primary (person)
- Henry J. Genga — primary (person)
- Hilda E. Santiago — primary (person)
- Jeff Gordon — primary (person)
- Kevin C. Kelly — primary (person)
- Lisa Seminara — primary (person)
- Martin Foncello — primary (person)
- Saud Anwar — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-22** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Higher Education and Employment Advancement `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** PUBLIC HEARING 0229
- **2024-03-14** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2024-03-25** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/02/24 `referral`
- **2024-04-02** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-04-02** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2024-04-02** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 156
- **2024-04-02** FILE NO. 179
- **2024-04-09** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Appropriations
- **2024-04-15** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-15** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2024-04-18** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/23/24 `referral`
- **2024-04-24** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-04-24** NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations
- **2024-04-24** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2024-04-24** FILE NO. 609
- **2024-04-29** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-29** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2024-05-01** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2024-05-01** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 389
- **2024-05-01** FILE NO. 631
- **2024-05-08** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-08** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2024-05-08** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2024-05-21** PUBLIC ACT 24-117
- **2024-05-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2024-05-28** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-05** 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/39358f49-ae67-4b3a-9a68-a0230f8a3c58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).