republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2023/hb-5608.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC FACILITIES LOCATED ON PRIME FARMLAND, FARMLAND OF STATE-WIDE IMPORTANCE OR CORE FOREST LANDS.	AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC FACILITIES LOCATED ON PRIME FARMLAND, FARMLAND OF STATE-WIDE IMPORTANCE OR CORE FOREST LANDS.	us/states/ct	Connecticut General Assembly	2023	HB 5608	Connecticut HB 5608 (2023)	bill	Agricultural lands Bonds Forests Siting of facilities Solar energy	enacted	Ackert, Tim Anderson, Mark W Berthel, Eric C. Buckbee, Bill Bumgardner, Aundre Cheeseman, Holly H. Delany, Hubert D. Delnicki, Tom Dubitsky, Doug Fishbein, Craig C. Gordon, Jeff Kissel, John A. Santiago, Hilda E. Seminara, Lisa	5	24	0	2023-01-18	2023-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/e3e9da21-1588-4d91-9adb-8441140bb07b	ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv	ed0577323a1ba11dd6f7d1bc424f701b211efee4c756cfb00d91e37c39bfbebd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ct

Connecticut HB 5608 (2023) — AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC FACILITIES LOCATED ON PRIME FARMLAND, FARMLAND OF STATE-WIDE IMPORTANCE OR CORE FOREST LANDS.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. ENV Joint Favorable (committee substitute) — source
3. File No. 125 (committee substitute) — source
4. Proposed Bill (committee substitute) — source
5. Public Act No. 23-163 (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Ackert, Tim — primary (person)
• Anderson, Mark W — primary (person)
• Berthel, Eric C. — primary (person)
• Buckbee, Bill — primary (person)
• Bumgardner, Aundre — primary (person)
• Cheeseman, Holly H. — primary (person)
• Delany, Hubert D. — primary (person)
• Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
• Dubitsky, Doug — primary (person)
• Fishbein, Craig C. — primary (person)
• Gordon, Jeff — primary (person)
• Kissel, John A. — primary (person)
• Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
• Seminara, Lisa — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-18 REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment referral-committee
• 2023-01-23 Vote to Draft
• 2023-02-06 DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
• 2023-02-07 REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment referral-committee
• 2023-02-09 PUBLIC HEARING 0215
• 2023-03-03 Joint Favorable committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-06 FILED WITH LCO filing
• 2023-03-14 REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/20/23 referral
• 2023-03-21 RPTD. OUT OF LCO
• 2023-03-21 FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR reading-2
• 2023-03-21 HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 97
• 2023-03-21 FILE NO. 125
• 2023-06-02 HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A amendment-passage
• 2023-06-02 HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A passage
• 2023-06-02 IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
• 2023-06-02 FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. reading-2
• 2023-06-02 SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 601
• 2023-06-07 SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A amendment-passage
• 2023-06-07 SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A passage
• 2023-06-07 ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
• 2023-06-21 PUBLIC ACT 23-163
• 2023-06-22 TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
• 2023-06-22 TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2023-06-29 SIGNED BY GOVERNOR executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e3e9da21-1588-4d91-9adb-8441140bb07b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).