---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY METHODS AND PROGRAMS FOR IMPROVING AFFORDABILITY FOR CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND YOUNG PROFESSIONALS."
description: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY METHODS AND PROGRAMS FOR IMPROVING AFFORDABILITY FOR CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND YOUNG PROFESSIONALS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5163"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5163 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic conditions", "Reports", "Studies", "Task forces"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Antonio Felipe", "Dominique Johnson", "Hubert D. Delany", "Iris N Sanchez", "Larry B. Butler", "Tammy Nuccio", "Tom Delnicki"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-11"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50fd7265-2c45-428f-9e0b-8d76413a76bb"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "fdfe487553443534fb375cbda93c3d526cd6206e62ab67efff9b7cb497fdf0bb"
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 5163 (2026) — AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY METHODS AND PROGRAMS FOR IMPROVING AFFORDABILITY FOR CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND YOUNG PROFESSIONALS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 584** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05163-R000584-FC.PDF)
2. **File No. 9** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05163-R000009-FC.PDF)
3. **KID Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05163-R01-HB.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05163-R00-HB.PDF)
5. **Special Act No. 26-11** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/SA/PDF/2026SA-00011-R00HB-05163-SA.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Antonio Felipe — primary (person)
- Dominique Johnson — primary (person)
- Hubert D. Delany — primary (person)
- Iris N Sanchez — primary (person)
- Larry B. Butler — primary (person)
- Tammy Nuccio — primary (person)
- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-11** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Committee on Children `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** PUBLIC HEARING 0217
- **2026-02-24** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-03-04** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/09/26 `referral`
- **2026-03-10** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-03-10** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-03-10** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 34
- **2026-03-10** FILE NO. 9
- **2026-04-08** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-08** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-04-10** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-10** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 353
- **2026-04-10** FILE NO. 584
- **2026-05-05** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-05** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-05** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-20** SPECIAL ACT 26-11
- **2026-05-29** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-29** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-04** 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/50fd7265-2c45-428f-9e0b-8d76413a76bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).