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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING DRIVER RESPONSIBILITY AT INOPERATIVE TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING DRIVER RESPONSIBILITY AT INOPERATIVE TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5420"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5420 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Infractions", "Traffic regulations", "Traffic signs and signals"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bolinsky, Mitch", "Carney, Devin R.", "Conley, Christine", "Foster, Jaime S.", "Haddad, Gregory", "Howard, Greg S.", "Johnson, Susan M.", "Needleman, Norman", "Nolan, Anthony L.", "Osten, Catherine A.", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Ryan, Kevin", "Smith, Brian T.", "Somers, Heather S.", "Thomas, Stephanie"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee27da0a-8342-4e58-938b-fe560740e457"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "334837c24655df54bc72f8ebe7c1c364aa42a243657ef7b0eccdaff4ab38df5f"
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 5420 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING DRIVER RESPONSIBILITY AT INOPERATIVE TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Committee Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-05420-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 408** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-05420-R000408-FC.PDF)
3. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-05420-R00-HB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 21-61** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00061-R00HB-05420-PA.PDF)
5. **TRA Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-05420-R02-HB.PDF)
## Sponsors
- Bolinsky, Mitch — primary (person)
- Carney, Devin R. — primary (person)
- Conley, Christine — primary (person)
- Foster, Jaime S. — primary (person)
- Haddad, Gregory — primary (person)
- Howard, Greg S. — primary (person)
- Johnson, Susan M. — primary (person)
- Needleman, Norman — primary (person)
- Nolan, Anthony L. — primary (person)
- Osten, Catherine A. — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Ryan, Kevin — primary (person)
- Smith, Brian T. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)
- Thomas, Stephanie — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-22** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Vote to Draft
- **2021-03-02** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2021-03-03** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** PUBLIC HEARING 0308
- **2021-03-24** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-04-06** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/12/21
- **2021-04-13** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-04-13** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-04-13** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 309
- **2021-04-13** FILE NO. 408
- **2021-05-18** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-05-20** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-05-20** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 460
- **2021-06-04** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-04** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-09** PUBLIC ACT 21-61
- **2021-06-10** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-10** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-06-16** 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/ee27da0a-8342-4e58-938b-fe560740e457`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).