republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2026/hb-5515.md

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Bill	AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES' RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING ACCESS TO OPIOID OVERDOSE REVERSAL MEDICATION AND VARIOUS REVISIONS TO MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION STATUTES.	AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES' RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING ACCESS TO OPIOID OVERDOSE REVERSAL MEDICATION AND VARIOUS REVISIONS TO MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION STATUTES.	us/states/ct	Connecticut General Assembly	2026	HB 5515	Connecticut HB 5515 (2026)	bill	Allergies Asthma Athletic trainers Civil actions Coaches (Athletic) Drugs Education Department Emergency medical services Epinephrine Guardian and ward Immunity Medical care Medical personnel Municipalities Occupational training Parents Physical therapists Public Health Department of School administrators School employees School nurses State Board of Education Students Teachers	enacted	Chris Stewart Cristin Mccarthy Vahey Karen Reddington-hughes Nicole Klarides-ditria Saud Anwar Tina Courpas Tom Delnicki Tom O'dea Tony Hwang William Pizzuto	5	22	2	2026-03-05	2026-05-27	openstates	ocd-bill/b771830c-dbe1-4c52-a280-28b127f609fa	ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv	b052cf12b85961de8b00a8499e479029938b5b1602c5cac0f19d9487e54efa45	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ct

Connecticut HB 5515 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES' RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING ACCESS TO OPIOID OVERDOSE REVERSAL MEDICATION AND VARIOUS REVISIONS TO MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION STATUTES.

Version chain

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

1. File No. 541 (committee substitute) — source
2. File No. 752 (committee substitute) — source
3. PH Joint Favorable Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Public Act No. 26-38 (committee substitute) — source
5. Raised Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Roll Call Vote — 150–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Roll Call Vote — 36–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chris Stewart — primary (person)
• Cristin Mccarthy Vahey — primary (person)
• Karen Reddington-hughes — primary (person)
• Nicole Klarides-ditria — primary (person)
• Saud Anwar — primary (person)
• Tina Courpas — primary (person)
• Tom Delnicki — primary (person)
• Tom O'dea — primary (person)
• Tony Hwang — primary (person)
• William Pizzuto — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-03-05 REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health referral-committee
• 2026-03-09 PUBLIC HEARING 0313
• 2026-03-23 Joint Favorable Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-24 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 360
• 2026-04-09 FILE NO. 541
• 2026-04-29 HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A amendment-passage
• 2026-04-29 HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A passage
• 2026-04-29 IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
• 2026-04-30 FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. reading-2
• 2026-04-30 SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 492
• 2026-04-30 FILE NO. 752
• 2026-05-04 SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A amendment-passage
• 2026-05-04 SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A passage
• 2026-05-04 ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
• 2026-05-14 PUBLIC ACT 26-38
• 2026-05-15 TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
• 2026-05-15 TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2026-05-27 SIGNED BY GOVERNOR executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b771830c-dbe1-4c52-a280-28b127f609fa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).