republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2026/hb-5291.md

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Bill	AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND PUBLIC PROTECTION'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING VARIOUS STATUTES RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.	AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND PUBLIC PROTECTION'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING VARIOUS STATUTES RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.	us/states/ct	Connecticut General Assembly	2026	HB 5291	Connecticut HB 5291 (2026)	bill	Assault and battery Bail bondsmen Blood alcohol concentration tests Certificates and certification Children Civil Air Patrol Conviction information DNA testing Electronic defense weapons Emergency Services and Public Protection Department of Evidence (Law) Fees Felonies Fire departments Firearms permits Firearms safety instructors Fireworks Grants by the state Insanity defense Licenses Municipalities Occupational training Permits Police Police Officer Standards and Training Council Protective orders Reports School security Security personnel Sexual assault State Police State bonds for public safety Studies Urine alcohol concentration tests Videos Violations Youth camps	enacted	Joseph P. Gresko Kenneth Gucker Tom Delnicki	5	22	2	2026-02-19	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/acbaac54-ebb6-4993-ac6a-b6366f93fa58	ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv	f39bc49a37ab6a8d439d4d8e0c494af7de39076a8272c2a05381015e070e9ebe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ct

Connecticut HB 5291 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND PUBLIC PROTECTION'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING VARIOUS STATUTES RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Version chain

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

1. File No. 323 (committee substitute) — source
2. File No. 743 (committee substitute) — source
3. PS Joint Favorable Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Public Act No. 26-45 (committee substitute) — source
5. Raised Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Roll Call Vote — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• House Roll Call Vote — 145–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Joseph P. Gresko — primary (person)
• Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
• Tom Delnicki — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-19 REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Safety and Security referral-committee
• 2026-02-27 PUBLIC HEARING 0303
• 2026-03-17 Joint Favorable Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-17 FILED WITH LCO filing
• 2026-03-26 REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/31/26 referral
• 2026-04-01 RPTD. OUT OF LCO
• 2026-04-01 FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR reading-2
• 2026-04-01 HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 242
• 2026-04-01 FILE NO. 323
• 2026-04-28 HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A amendment-passage
• 2026-04-28 HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A passage
• 2026-04-29 IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
• 2026-04-29 FILE NO. 743
• 2026-04-30 FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. reading-2
• 2026-04-30 SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 480
• 2026-05-05 SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A amendment-passage
• 2026-05-05 SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A passage
• 2026-05-05 ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
• 2026-05-14 PUBLIC ACT 26-45
• 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/acbaac54-ebb6-4993-ac6a-b6366f93fa58. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).