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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING RENEWABLE POWER GENERATION."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING RENEWABLE POWER GENERATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5340"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5340 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agricultural lands", "Clean energy", "Consumer protection", "Electric distribution companies", "Electric distribution company rates", "Electric generating facilities", "Electric power", "Electric storage batteries", "Energy and Environmental Protection", "Department of", "Energy resources", "Environmental justice", "Forests", "Pilots", "Plans", "Public Utilities Regulatory Authority", "Renewable energy sources", "Reports", "Solar electricity work", "Solar energy", "Studies", "Task forces"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aimee Berger-girvalo", "Amy Morrin Bello", "Anne M. Hughes", "Anthony L. Nolan", "Aundre Bumgardner", "Bobby G. Gibson", "David Defronzo", "Derek Slap", "Eleni Kavros Degraw", "Farley Santos", "Frank Smith", "Fred Gee", "Gary A. Turco", "Geoff Luxenberg", "Geraldo C. Reyes", "Hector Arzeno", "Hilda E. Santiago", "Iris N Sanchez", "Jaime S. Foster", "Jane M. Garibay", "Jason Doucette", "John A. Kissel", "John Santanella", "John-michael Parker", "Joseph P. Gresko", "Josh Elliott", "Julie Kushner", "Kate Farrar", "Kerry S. Wood", "Laurie Sweet", "Lucy Dathan", "Martha Marx", "Mary M. Mushinsky", "Maryam Khan", "Matthew L. Lesser", "Md Rahman", "Melissa Osborne", "Michael \"mj\" Shannon", "Michael D. Quinn", "Nicholas Menapace", "Nick Gauthier", "Patricia A. Dillon", "Raghib Allie-brennan", "Robin E. Comey", "Roland J. Lemar", "Sarah Keitt", "Savet Constantine", "Stephen R. Meskers", "Steven Winter"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2026-02-26"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/972ff0ec-0ba5-457f-81bb-ed3c40d5a6e1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "553cc8bfee258f9511d9bb384178c7c6affb9dd9d5cf2fe45f4c1df700ac097e"
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 5340 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING RENEWABLE POWER GENERATION.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **ET Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05340-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 385** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05340-R000385-FC.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-127** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00127-R00HB-05340-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05340-R00-HB.PDF)
## Votes
- House Roll Call Vote — **4990** (fail) · lower
- House Roll Call Vote — **9943** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **1125** (fail) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **1025** (fail) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **1125** (fail) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **1125** (fail) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **1125** (fail) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **1125** (fail) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **279** (pass) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **1224** (fail) · 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)
- Bobby G. Gibson — primary (person)
- David Defronzo — primary (person)
- Derek Slap — primary (person)
- Eleni Kavros Degraw — primary (person)
- Farley Santos — primary (person)
- Frank Smith — primary (person)
- Fred Gee — primary (person)
- Gary A. Turco — primary (person)
- Geoff Luxenberg — primary (person)
- Geraldo C. Reyes — primary (person)
- Hector Arzeno — primary (person)
- Hilda E. Santiago — primary (person)
- Iris N Sanchez — primary (person)
- Jaime S. Foster — primary (person)
- Jane M. Garibay — primary (person)
- Jason Doucette — primary (person)
- John A. Kissel — primary (person)
- John Santanella — primary (person)
- John-michael Parker — primary (person)
- Joseph P. Gresko — primary (person)
- Josh Elliott — primary (person)
- Julie Kushner — primary (person)
- Kate Farrar — primary (person)
- Kerry S. Wood — primary (person)
- Laurie Sweet — primary (person)
- Lucy Dathan — primary (person)
- Martha Marx — primary (person)
- Mary M. Mushinsky — primary (person)
- Maryam Khan — primary (person)
- Matthew L. Lesser — primary (person)
- Md Rahman — primary (person)
- Melissa Osborne — primary (person)
- Michael "mj" Shannon — primary (person)
- Michael D. Quinn — primary (person)
- Nicholas Menapace — primary (person)
- Nick Gauthier — primary (person)
- Patricia A. Dillon — primary (person)
- Raghib Allie-brennan — primary (person)
- Robin E. Comey — primary (person)
- Roland J. Lemar — primary (person)
- Sarah Keitt — primary (person)
- Savet Constantine — primary (person)
- Stephen R. Meskers — primary (person)
- Steven Winter — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-26** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Energy and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** PUBLIC HEARING 0305
- **2026-03-19** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-03-27** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/01/26 `referral`
- **2026-04-02** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-02** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-04-02** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 271
- **2026-04-02** FILE NO. 385
- **2026-05-01** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-01** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-failure`
- **2026-05-01** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-01** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2026-05-02** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-05-02** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 528
- **2026-05-06** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `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. 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. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-06** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-20** PUBLIC ACT 26-127
- **2026-05-27** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-27** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-04** 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/972ff0ec-0ba5-457f-81bb-ed3c40d5a6e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).