---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING JUSTICES OF THE PEACE."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING JUSTICES OF THE PEACE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5509"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5509 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Damages", "Electronic government information", "Employees", "Employers", "Investigations", "Justices of the peace", "Marriage licenses", "Registrars of vital statistics", "Reports", "Secretary of the State", "Task forces", "Town clerks", "Violations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craig C. Fishbein", "Cristin Mccarthy Vahey", "Eric C. Berthel", "Heather S. Somers", "Joseph H. Zullo", "Stephen G. Harding", "Tom Delnicki", "William Pizzuto"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-05"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7127a64-9d67-4a08-8ba7-4d12b58087ac"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "8c1168772c4f04fc031468d14ad09b96b2ecb6f4444fd57193749c429217091a"
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 5509 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 259** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05509-R000259-FC.PDF)
2. **PD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05509-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-141** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00141-R00HB-05509-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05509-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Craig C. Fishbein — primary (person)
- Cristin Mccarthy Vahey — primary (person)
- Eric C. Berthel — primary (person)
- Heather S. Somers — primary (person)
- Joseph H. Zullo — primary (person)
- Stephen G. Harding — primary (person)
- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)
- William Pizzuto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-05** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Planning and Development `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** PUBLIC HEARING 0311
- **2026-03-13** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-16** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-03-23** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/30/26 `referral`
- **2026-03-30** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-03-30** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-03-30** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 215
- **2026-03-30** FILE NO. 259
- **2026-04-08** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-04-10** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-10** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 360
- **2026-05-06** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2026-05-06** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-20** PUBLIC ACT 26-141
- **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/d7127a64-9d67-4a08-8ba7-4d12b58087ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).