republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2025/hb-5004.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES AND ASSOCIATED JOB SECTORS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES AND ASSOCIATED JOB SECTORS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5004"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5004 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Services", "Department of", "Appliances", "Benefit corporations", "Boilers and furnaces", "Clean energy", "Conservation easements", "Economic and Community Development", "Department of", "Electric distribution companies", "Electric power", "Electronic government information", "Energy and Environmental Protection", "Department of", "Energy conservation", "Fees", "Geothermal resources", "Grants by the state", "Green jobs", "Greenhouse gases", "Indoor air pollution", "Landlord and tenant", "Lighting", "Loans by the state", "Municipalities", "Natural gas", "Nonprofit organizations", "Occupational training", "Open Space and Watershed Land Acquisition Account", "Pilots", "Plans", "Protected open space and watershed land acquisition grant program", "Public Utilities Regulatory Authority", "Renewable energy sources", "Reports", "Schools", "Secretary of the State", "State agencies", "State regulations", "generally", "Studies", "Water use"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aimee Berger-girvalo", "Amy Morrin Bello", "Anne M. Hughes", "Anthony L. Nolan", "Aundre Bumgardner", "Bob Godfrey", "Bobby G. Gibson", "Brandon Chafee", "Ceci Maher", "Christine Cohen", "Corey P. Paris", "Daniel Gaiewski", "Derek Slap", "Dominique Johnson", "Eilish Collins Main", "Eleni Kavros Degraw", "Frank Smith", "Fred Gee", "Geraldo C. Reyes", "Gregory Haddad", "Hector Arzeno", "Henry J. Genga", "Herron Gaston", "Hilda E. Santiago", "Hubert D. Delany", "James Sanchez", "Jan Hochadel", "Jane M. Garibay", "Jason Doucette", "Jason Rojas", "Jennifer Leeper", "Jillian Gilchrest", "John-michael Parker", "Jonathan Jacobson", "Joseph P. Gresko", "Josh Elliott", "Julie Kushner", "Kadeem Roberts", "Kaitlyn Shake", "Kate Farrar", "Kenneth Gucker", "Kerry S. Wood", "Kevin Brown", "Kevin Ryan", "Laurie Sweet", "Lucy Dathan", "Marcus Brown", "Martha Marx", "Martin M. Looney", "Mary Fortier", "Mary M. Mushinsky", "Matt Blumenthal", "Matthew Ritter", "Md Rahman", "Michael \"mj\" Shannon", "Moira Rader", "Nicholas Menapace", "Nick Gauthier", "Patricia A. Dillon", "Rebecca Martinez", "Renee Lamark Muir", "Rick Lopes", "Robin E. Comey", "Roland J. Lemar", "Sarah Keitt", "Steven Winter", "Susan M. Johnson", "Tammy R. Exum", "Travis Simms"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e06381ea-8cbf-4fb5-b223-0dcb60c666a9"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "e8c804101e7250b18cac0da7985b2383a0b666c987349ab96255b8b1ff4a9405"
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 5004 (2025) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES AND ASSOCIATED JOB SECTORS.

## 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/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-05004-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **ENV Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-05004-R02-HB.PDF)
3. **File No. 449** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FC/PDF/2025HB-05004-R000449-FC.PDF)
4. **File No. 821** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FC/PDF/2025HB-05004-R000821-FC.PDF)
5. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-05004-R00-HB.PDF)
6. **Public Act No. 25-125** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/ACT/PA/PDF/2025PA-00125-R00HB-05004-PA.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **98–47** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **26–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aimee Berger-girvalo — primary (person)
- Amy Morrin Bello — primary (person)
- Anne M. Hughes — primary (person)
- Anthony L. Nolan — primary (person)
- Aundre Bumgardner — primary (person)
- Bob Godfrey — primary (person)
- Bobby G. Gibson — primary (person)
- Brandon Chafee — primary (person)
- Ceci Maher — primary (person)
- Christine Cohen — primary (person)
- Corey P. Paris — primary (person)
- Daniel Gaiewski — primary (person)
- Derek Slap — primary (person)
- Dominique Johnson — primary (person)
- Eilish Collins Main — primary (person)
- Eleni Kavros Degraw — primary (person)
- Frank Smith — primary (person)
- Fred Gee — primary (person)
- Geraldo C. Reyes — primary (person)
- Gregory Haddad — primary (person)
- Hector Arzeno — primary (person)
- Henry J. Genga — primary (person)
- Herron Gaston — primary (person)
- Hilda E. Santiago — primary (person)
- Hubert D. Delany — primary (person)
- James Sanchez — primary (person)
- Jan Hochadel — primary (person)
- Jane M. Garibay — primary (person)
- Jason Doucette — primary (person)
- Jason Rojas — primary (person)
- Jennifer Leeper — primary (person)
- Jillian Gilchrest — primary (person)
- John-michael Parker — primary (person)
- Jonathan Jacobson — primary (person)
- Joseph P. Gresko — primary (person)
- Josh Elliott — primary (person)
- Julie Kushner — primary (person)
- Kadeem Roberts — primary (person)
- Kaitlyn Shake — primary (person)
- Kate Farrar — primary (person)
- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
- Kerry S. Wood — primary (person)
- Kevin Brown — primary (person)
- Kevin Ryan — primary (person)
- Laurie Sweet — primary (person)
- Lucy Dathan — primary (person)
- Marcus Brown — primary (person)
- Martha Marx — primary (person)
- Martin M. Looney — primary (person)
- Mary Fortier — primary (person)
- Mary M. Mushinsky — primary (person)
- Matt Blumenthal — primary (person)
- Matthew Ritter — primary (person)
- Md Rahman — primary (person)
- Michael "mj" Shannon — primary (person)
- Moira Rader — primary (person)
- Nicholas Menapace — primary (person)
- Nick Gauthier — primary (person)
- Patricia A. Dillon — primary (person)
- Rebecca Martinez — primary (person)
- Renee Lamark Muir — primary (person)
- Rick Lopes — primary (person)
- Robin E. Comey — primary (person)
- Roland J. Lemar — primary (person)
- Sarah Keitt — primary (person)
- Steven Winter — primary (person)
- Susan M. Johnson — primary (person)
- Tammy R. Exum — primary (person)
- Travis Simms — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Vote to Draft
- **2025-02-21** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2025-02-24** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** PUBLIC HEARING 0303
- **2025-03-14** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2025-03-27** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/01/25 `referral`
- **2025-04-02** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2025-04-02** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 279
- **2025-04-02** FILE NO. 449
- **2025-05-01** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-01** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2025-05-05** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-05** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 436
- **2025-05-05** FILE NO. 821
- **2025-06-04** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-04** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2025-06-04** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2025-06-16** PUBLIC ACT 25-125
- **2025-06-25** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2025-06-25** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-01** 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/e06381ea-8cbf-4fb5-b223-0dcb60c666a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).