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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT REQUIRING SOLAR DEVELOPERS TO PROVIDE FARMLAND RESTORATION BONDS FOR BOTH PETITION AND APPLICATION PROJECTS APPROVED BY THE SITING COUNCIL."
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description: "AN ACT REQUIRING SOLAR DEVELOPERS TO PROVIDE FARMLAND RESTORATION BONDS FOR BOTH PETITION AND APPLICATION PROJECTS APPROVED BY THE SITING COUNCIL."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
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legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 5916"
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citation: "Connecticut HB 5916 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Agricultural lands", "Connecticut Siting Council", "Eminent domain", "Soil conservation", "Soil testing", "Solar electricity work"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Doug Dubitsky", "Heather S. Somers", "Mark W. Anderson", "Nicholas Menapace", "Patrick E. Callahan", "Saud Anwar", "Tammy Nuccio", "Tim Ackert"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-22"
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last_action: "2025-07-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/592dc567-7169-4412-9708-abb35f9cacbf"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
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source_hash: "c48462da8425e1a1729efcf648f4ceb41373e7b5db8673a1c268327878f5cc29"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ct"]
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---
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# Connecticut HB 5916 (2025) — AN ACT REQUIRING SOLAR DEVELOPERS TO PROVIDE FARMLAND RESTORATION BONDS FOR BOTH PETITION AND APPLICATION PROJECTS APPROVED BY THE SITING COUNCIL.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-05916-R01-HB.PDF)
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2. **ENV Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-05916-R02-HB.PDF)
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3. **File No. 452** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FC/PDF/2025HB-05916-R000452-FC.PDF)
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4. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-05916-R00-HB.PDF)
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5. **Public Act No. 25-127** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/ACT/PA/PDF/2025PA-00127-R00HB-05916-PA.PDF)
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## Votes
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- House Roll Call Vote — **146–1** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Doug Dubitsky — primary (person)
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- Heather S. Somers — primary (person)
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- Mark W. Anderson — primary (person)
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- Nicholas Menapace — primary (person)
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- Patrick E. Callahan — primary (person)
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- Saud Anwar — primary (person)
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- Tammy Nuccio — primary (person)
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- Tim Ackert — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-22** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-24** Vote to Draft
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- **2025-02-07** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
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- **2025-02-10** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-11** PUBLIC HEARING 0219
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- **2025-03-14** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-17** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
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- **2025-03-27** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/01/25 `referral`
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- **2025-04-02** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
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- **2025-04-02** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-02** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 282
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- **2025-04-02** FILE NO. 452
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- **2025-06-03** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
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- **2025-06-03** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
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- **2025-06-03** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
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- **2025-06-03** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 618
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- **2025-06-04** SENATE PASSED `passage`
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- **2025-06-04** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
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- **2025-06-16** PUBLIC ACT 25-127
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- **2025-06-25** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
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- **2025-06-25** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-07-08** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/592dc567-7169-4412-9708-abb35f9cacbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).
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