republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2026/hb-5004.md

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Bill	AN ACT CONCERNING CHILD WELFARE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY.	AN ACT CONCERNING CHILD WELFARE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY.	us/states/ct	Connecticut General Assembly	2026	HB 5004	Connecticut HB 5004 (2026)	bill	Auditors of public accounts Audits Child abuse and neglect reports of cases Child placement Child welfare Children and Families Department of Children in custody or care of Department of Children and Families Colleges and universities Committees Crime victims Criminal history records Custody of children Electronic government information Foster care Grants by the state Guardian ad litem Institutions of higher education Internships Investigations Licenses Mentoring Occupational training Parent and child Relative caregivers Reports Social workers State Police Bureau of Identification Studies Trafficking in persons	enacted	Amy Morrin Bello Anne Dauphinais Anne M. Hughes Anthony L. Nolan Antonio Felipe Bob Godfrey Christopher Poulos Craig C. Fishbein Daniel Gaiewski Derell Wilson Eleni Kavros Degraw Emmanuel Sanchez Eric C. Berthel Gale L. Mastrofrancesco Gary A. Turco Geraldo C. Reyes Heather S. Somers Hector Arzeno Hilda E. Santiago Hubert D. Delany Iris N Sanchez Jaime S. Foster James Sanchez Jane M. Garibay Jason Buchsbaum Jillian Gilchrest John A. Kissel John Santanella John-michael Parker Jonathan Fazzino Jonathan Jacobson Josh Elliott Joshua M. Hall Kate Farrar Kenneth Gucker Larry B. Butler Laurie Sweet Lucy Dathan Mark W. Anderson Martin Foncello Mary Welander Mitch Bolinsky Moira Rader Nicholas Menapace Nick Gauthier Patricia Billie Miller Paul Cicarella Robin E. Comey Sarah Keitt Stephen G. Harding Tammy R. Exum Tom Delnicki Toni E. Walker Tony Hwang Tony J. Scott Trenee Mcgee William Heffernan William Pizzuto	6	31	3	2026-02-26	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/b221d4b0-1e86-4dd8-b3a8-074650d9cf75	ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv	732c76db4546bfbeb865404a46a02b086623ae539d8a4d1dc310c6bcba413650	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ct

Connecticut HB 5004 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING CHILD WELFARE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY.

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. 103 (committee substitute) — source
3. File No. 754 (committee substitute) — source
4. KID Joint Favorable Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Public Act No. 26-26 (committee substitute) — source
6. Raised Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Roll Call Vote — 11–25 (fail) · upper
• House Roll Call Vote — 149–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Roll Call Vote — 36–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Amy Morrin Bello — primary (person)
• Anne Dauphinais — primary (person)
• Anne M. Hughes — primary (person)
• Anthony L. Nolan — primary (person)
• Antonio Felipe — primary (person)
• Bob Godfrey — primary (person)
• Christopher Poulos — primary (person)
• Craig C. Fishbein — primary (person)
• Daniel Gaiewski — primary (person)
• Derell Wilson — primary (person)
• Eleni Kavros Degraw — primary (person)
• Emmanuel Sanchez — primary (person)
• Eric C. Berthel — primary (person)
• Gale L. Mastrofrancesco — primary (person)
• Gary A. Turco — primary (person)
• Geraldo C. Reyes — primary (person)
• Heather S. Somers — primary (person)
• Hector Arzeno — primary (person)
• Hilda E. Santiago — primary (person)
• Hubert D. Delany — primary (person)
• Iris N Sanchez — primary (person)
• Jaime S. Foster — primary (person)
• James Sanchez — primary (person)
• Jane M. Garibay — primary (person)
• Jason Buchsbaum — primary (person)
• Jillian Gilchrest — primary (person)
• John A. Kissel — primary (person)
• John Santanella — primary (person)
• John-michael Parker — primary (person)
• Jonathan Fazzino — primary (person)
• Jonathan Jacobson — primary (person)
• Josh Elliott — primary (person)
• Joshua M. Hall — primary (person)
• Kate Farrar — primary (person)
• Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
• Larry B. Butler — primary (person)
• Laurie Sweet — primary (person)
• Lucy Dathan — primary (person)
• Mark W. Anderson — primary (person)
• Martin Foncello — primary (person)
• Mary Welander — primary (person)
• Mitch Bolinsky — primary (person)
• Moira Rader — primary (person)
• Nicholas Menapace — primary (person)
• Nick Gauthier — primary (person)
• Patricia Billie Miller — primary (person)
• Paul Cicarella — primary (person)
• Robin E. Comey — primary (person)
• Sarah Keitt — primary (person)
• Stephen G. Harding — primary (person)
• Tammy R. Exum — primary (person)
• Tom Delnicki — primary (person)
• Toni E. Walker — primary (person)
• Tony Hwang — primary (person)
• Tony J. Scott — primary (person)
• Trenee Mcgee — primary (person)
• William Heffernan — primary (person)
• William Pizzuto — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-26 REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Committee on Children referral-committee
• 2026-02-27 PUBLIC HEARING 0303
• 2026-03-05 Joint Favorable Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-09 FILED WITH LCO filing
• 2026-03-16 REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/23/26 referral
• 2026-03-23 RPTD. OUT OF LCO
• 2026-03-23 FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR reading-2
• 2026-03-23 HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 97
• 2026-03-23 FILE NO. 103
• 2026-04-07 REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Appropriations
• 2026-04-13 Joint Favorable committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-14 FILED WITH LCO filing
• 2026-04-14 RPTD. OUT OF LCO
• 2026-04-15 NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations
• 2026-04-15 TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR reading-2
• 2026-04-30 HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A amendment-passage
• 2026-04-30 AMENDMENT WITHDRAWN HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B
• 2026-04-30 HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. C amendment-passage
• 2026-04-30 HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A,C passage
• 2026-04-30 IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
• 2026-05-01 FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. reading-2
• 2026-05-01 SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 503
• 2026-05-01 FILE NO. 754
• 2026-05-04 SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A,C amendment-passage
• 2026-05-04 SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. A amendment-failure
• 2026-05-04 SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A,C passage
• 2026-05-04 IN CONCURRENCE
• 2026-05-14 PUBLIC ACT 26-26
• 2026-05-15 TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
• 2026-05-15 TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2026-05-26 SIGNED BY GOVERNOR executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b221d4b0-1e86-4dd8-b3a8-074650d9cf75. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).