---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE ELECTIONS ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION AND MANDATORY DISMISSAL OF COMPLAINTS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE ELECTIONS ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION AND MANDATORY DISMISSAL OF COMPLAINTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5352"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5352 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Campaign financing", "Complaint", "Investigations", "State Elections Enforcement Commission", "Violations", "Voting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kenneth Gucker", "Tom Delnicki"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-26"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d34d228b-ef69-47bf-82c2-e6f85ee0dbb7"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "7d3e0173253a9e3d985feccba8b066b99d2d63234d7a15ce10ac664c70b2e7a5"
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 5352 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE ELECTIONS ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION AND MANDATORY DISMISSAL OF COMPLAINTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 324** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05352-R000324-FC.PDF)
2. **GOS Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05352-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-133** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00133-R00HB-05352-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05352-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-26** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Oversight `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** PUBLIC HEARING 0303
- **2026-03-17** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-03-26** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/31/26 `referral`
- **2026-04-01** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-01** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-04-01** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 243
- **2026-04-01** FILE NO. 324
- **2026-05-01** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-05-01** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2026-05-02** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-05-02** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 531
- **2026-05-06** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-05-06** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-20** PUBLIC ACT 26-133
- **2026-05-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-28** 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/d34d228b-ef69-47bf-82c2-e6f85ee0dbb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).