---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO STATUTES CONCERNING ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO STATUTES CONCERNING ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5246"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5246 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Conservation and load management", "Consumer Counsel", "Office of", "Electric distribution companies", "Energy and Environmental Protection", "Department of", "Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom Delnicki"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-19"
last_action: "2026-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ff9193c-fceb-47a2-85cb-d035b2feb0f3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "c967e402d7bf3724da69a3c3de8a3fd3c5511979a61ece4413cf4df9e5200a53"
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 5246 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO STATUTES CONCERNING ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY.

## Version chain

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

1. **ET Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05246-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 376** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05246-R000376-FC.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-30** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00030-R00HB-05246-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05246-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-19** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Energy and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20** PUBLIC HEARING 0224
- **2026-03-17** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-18** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-03-27** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/01/26 `referral`
- **2026-04-02** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-02** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-04-02** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 262
- **2026-04-02** FILE NO. 376
- **2026-04-09** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-04-13** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-13** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 372
- **2026-05-04** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-05-04** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-14** PUBLIC ACT 26-30
- **2026-05-15** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-15** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-20** 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/8ff9193c-fceb-47a2-85cb-d035b2feb0f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).