republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2026/hb-5001.md

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Bill	AN ACT CONCERNING ABSENTEE VOTING FOR ALL AND VARIOUS OTHER REFORMS RELATED TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF ELECTIONS.	AN ACT CONCERNING ABSENTEE VOTING FOR ALL AND VARIOUS OTHER REFORMS RELATED TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF ELECTIONS.	us/states/ct	Connecticut General Assembly	2026	HB 5001	Connecticut HB 5001 (2026)	bill	Absentee ballots Attorney General Audits Ballots Candidates Canvass and returns of votes Complaint Disabled persons Elections Electronic government information Federal elections Investigations Militia Municipal elections Pilots Political parties Presidential elections Primaries Referenda Regional councils of governments Registrars of voters Secretary of the State State Elections Enforcement Commission Subpoenas Town clerks Violations Voter registration Voters Voting districts Voting tabulators	enacted	Amy Morrin Bello Anne M. Hughes Bob Godfrey Daniel Gaiewski Derek Slap Derell Wilson Dominique Johnson Eilish Collins Main Farley Santos Gary A. Turco Geraldo C. Reyes Gregory Haddad Hector Arzeno Hilda E. Santiago Hubert D. Delany James Sanchez Jane M. Garibay John Santanella Josh Elliott Joshua M. Hall Juan R. Candelaria Julie Kushner Kate Farrar Laurie Sweet Marcus Brown Matt Blumenthal Md Rahman Moira Rader Nick Gauthier Patricia Billie Miller Roland J. Lemar Sarah Keitt Steven J. Stafstrom	6	40	13	2026-03-06	2026-05-15	openstates	ocd-bill/ffd59007-3bc3-4963-a020-118118e7c683	ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv	0ac9fc5f06185025bb602c186e30e22142f0c8c3fb4377277d355b6bcbd10d03	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ct

Connecticut HB 5001 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING ABSENTEE VOTING FOR ALL AND VARIOUS OTHER REFORMS RELATED TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF ELECTIONS.

Version chain

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

1. APP Joint Favorable (committee substitute) — source
2. File No. 528 (committee substitute) — source
3. File No. 725 (committee substitute) — source
4. GAE Joint Favorable Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Public Act No. 26-42 (committee substitute) — source
6. Raised Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Roll Call Vote — 25–11 (pass) · upper
• Senate Roll Call Vote — 11–25 (fail) · upper
• Senate Roll Call Vote — 11–25 (fail) · upper
• Senate Roll Call Vote — 10–26 (fail) · upper
• Senate Roll Call Vote — 11–25 (fail) · upper
• House Roll Call Vote — 49–98 (fail) · lower
• House Roll Call Vote — 48–99 (fail) · lower
• House Roll Call Vote — 48–98 (fail) · lower
• Senate Roll Call Vote — 11–25 (fail) · upper
• Senate Roll Call Vote — 11–25 (fail) · upper
• Senate Roll Call Vote — 11–25 (fail) · upper
• Senate Roll Call Vote — 11–25 (fail) · upper
• House Roll Call Vote — 101–49 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Amy Morrin Bello — primary (person)
• Anne M. Hughes — primary (person)
• Bob Godfrey — primary (person)
• Daniel Gaiewski — primary (person)
• Derek Slap — primary (person)
• Derell Wilson — primary (person)
• Dominique Johnson — primary (person)
• Eilish Collins Main — primary (person)
• Farley Santos — primary (person)
• Gary A. Turco — primary (person)
• Geraldo C. Reyes — primary (person)
• Gregory Haddad — primary (person)
• Hector Arzeno — primary (person)
• Hilda E. Santiago — primary (person)
• Hubert D. Delany — primary (person)
• James Sanchez — primary (person)
• Jane M. Garibay — primary (person)
• John Santanella — primary (person)
• Josh Elliott — primary (person)
• Joshua M. Hall — primary (person)
• Juan R. Candelaria — primary (person)
• Julie Kushner — primary (person)
• Kate Farrar — primary (person)
• Laurie Sweet — primary (person)
• Marcus Brown — primary (person)
• Matt Blumenthal — primary (person)
• Md Rahman — primary (person)
• Moira Rader — primary (person)
• Nick Gauthier — primary (person)
• Patricia Billie Miller — primary (person)
• Roland J. Lemar — primary (person)
• Sarah Keitt — primary (person)
• Steven J. Stafstrom — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-03-06 REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections referral-committee
• 2026-03-09 PUBLIC HEARING 0313
• 2026-03-23 Joint Favorable Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-23 FILED WITH LCO filing
• 2026-04-02 REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/08/26 referral
• 2026-04-09 RPTD. OUT OF LCO
• 2026-04-09 FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR reading-2
• 2026-04-09 HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 348
• 2026-04-09 FILE NO. 528
• 2026-04-14 REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Appropriations
• 2026-04-17 Joint Favorable committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-20 FILED WITH LCO filing
• 2026-04-20 RPTD. OUT OF LCO
• 2026-04-20 NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations
• 2026-04-20 TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR reading-2
• 2026-04-22 HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A amendment-passage
• 2026-04-22 HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B amendment-failure
• 2026-04-22 HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. C amendment-failure
• 2026-04-22 HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. D amendment-failure
• 2026-04-22 BILL PASSED TEMPORARILY
• 2026-04-23 HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. E amendment-passage
• 2026-04-23 HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A,E passage
• 2026-04-27 FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. reading-2
• 2026-04-27 SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 460
• 2026-04-27 FILE NO. 725
• 2026-05-06 SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A,E amendment-passage
• 2026-05-06 SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. A amendment-failure
• 2026-05-06 SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. B amendment-failure
• 2026-05-06 SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. C amendment-failure
• 2026-05-06 SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. D amendment-failure
• 2026-05-06 SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. E amendment-failure
• 2026-05-06 SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. F amendment-failure
• 2026-05-06 SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. G amendment-failure
• 2026-05-06 SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. H amendment-failure
• 2026-05-06 SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A,E passage
• 2026-05-06 IN CONCURRENCE
• 2026-05-14 PUBLIC ACT 26-42
• 2026-05-15 TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
• 2026-05-15 TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2026-05-15 SIGNED BY GOVERNOR executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ffd59007-3bc3-4963-a020-118118e7c683. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).