republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2026/hb-5509.md

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Bill	AN ACT CONCERNING JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.	AN ACT CONCERNING JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.	us/states/ct	Connecticut General Assembly	2026	HB 5509	Connecticut HB 5509 (2026)	bill	Damages Electronic government information Employees Employers Investigations Justices of the peace Marriage licenses Registrars of vital statistics Reports Secretary of the State Task forces Town clerks Violations	enacted	Craig C. Fishbein Cristin Mccarthy Vahey Eric C. Berthel Heather S. Somers Joseph H. Zullo Stephen G. Harding Tom Delnicki William Pizzuto	4	18	2	2026-03-05	2026-06-04	openstates	ocd-bill/d7127a64-9d67-4a08-8ba7-4d12b58087ac	ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv	8c1168772c4f04fc031468d14ad09b96b2ecb6f4444fd57193749c429217091a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ct

Connecticut HB 5509 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

Version chain

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

1. File No. 259 (committee substitute) — source
2. PD Joint Favorable Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Public Act No. 26-141 (committee substitute) — source
4. Raised Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Roll Call Vote — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• House Roll Call Vote — 144–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Craig C. Fishbein — primary (person)
• Cristin Mccarthy Vahey — primary (person)
• Eric C. Berthel — primary (person)
• Heather S. Somers — primary (person)
• Joseph H. Zullo — primary (person)
• Stephen G. Harding — primary (person)
• Tom Delnicki — primary (person)
• William Pizzuto — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-03-05 REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Planning and Development referral-committee
• 2026-03-06 PUBLIC HEARING 0311
• 2026-03-13 Joint Favorable Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-16 FILED WITH LCO filing
• 2026-03-23 REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/30/26 referral
• 2026-03-30 RPTD. OUT OF LCO
• 2026-03-30 FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR reading-2
• 2026-03-30 HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 215
• 2026-03-30 FILE NO. 259
• 2026-04-08 HOUSE PASSED passage
• 2026-04-10 FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. reading-2
• 2026-04-10 SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 360
• 2026-05-06 SENATE PASSED passage
• 2026-05-06 ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
• 2026-05-20 PUBLIC ACT 26-141
• 2026-05-28 TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
• 2026-05-28 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; origin ocd-bill/d7127a64-9d67-4a08-8ba7-4d12b58087ac. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).