---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CHILD ADVOCATE."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CHILD ADVOCATE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5382"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5382 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adoption", "Advisory bodies", "Child Advocate", "Office of", "Child abuse and neglect", "Child placement", "Child welfare", "Children and Families", "Department of", "Disclosure", "Electronic government information", "Guardian ad litem", "Juvenile records", "Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jane M. Garibay", "Jeff Gordon", "Lisa Seminara", "Martin Foncello", "Saud Anwar", "Tony Hwang"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-29"
last_action: "2024-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82645ffb-b933-4e90-9e37-6dacbfde3d7b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "596466be13d2625b225ba3166fe6ebb224427f4b296c059ed70d9382aaa93376"
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 5382 (2024) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CHILD ADVOCATE.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 152** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05382-R000152-FC.PDF)
2. **File No. 605** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05382-R000605-FC.PDF)
3. **KID Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05382-R01-HB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 24-126** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/PA/PDF/2024PA-00126-R00HB-05382-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05382-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jane M. Garibay — primary (person)
- Jeff Gordon — primary (person)
- Lisa Seminara — primary (person)
- Martin Foncello — primary (person)
- Saud Anwar — primary (person)
- Tony Hwang — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-29** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Committee on Children `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** PUBLIC HEARING 0305
- **2024-03-13** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2024-03-21** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/26/24 `referral`
- **2024-03-27** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-03-27** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2024-03-27** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 131
- **2024-03-27** FILE NO. 152
- **2024-04-18** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-18** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2024-04-22** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2024-04-22** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 342
- **2024-04-22** FILE NO. 605
- **2024-05-08** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-08** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2024-05-08** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2024-05-22** PUBLIC ACT 24-126
- **2024-05-30** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2024-05-30** 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/82645ffb-b933-4e90-9e37-6dacbfde3d7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).