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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING SUBSURFACE SEWAGE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, WATER OPERATOR APPRENTICES AND VARIOUS REVISIONS TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND DRINKING WATER STATUTES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING SUBSURFACE SEWAGE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, WATER OPERATOR APPRENTICES AND VARIOUS REVISIONS TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND DRINKING WATER STATUTES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5518"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5518 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Asbestos", "Attorney General", "Bottled water", "Certificates and certification", "Cremation", "Crematories", "Drinking water", "Environmental laboratories", "Fines (Penalties)", "Hazardous substances", "Hearings", "Landlord and tenant", "Licenses", "Notices", "Occupational training", "Petitions", "Public Health", "Department of", "Reports", "Violations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hilda E. Santiago", "Iris N Sanchez", "Jaime S. Foster"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-05"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5e858ab-743d-4db6-91c7-cea2faad5a86"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "366c677bdab79fee501a26c8db491aa071bb4551dd48344c50fa91bf4c0342af"
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 5518 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING SUBSURFACE SEWAGE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, WATER OPERATOR APPRENTICES AND VARIOUS REVISIONS TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND DRINKING WATER STATUTES.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **File No. 543** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05518-R000543-FC.PDF)
2. **PH Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05518-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 26-142** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00142-R00HB-05518-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05518-R00-HB.PDF)
## Votes
- House Roll Call Vote — **13210** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **360** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Hilda E. Santiago — primary (person)
- Iris N Sanchez — primary (person)
- Jaime S. Foster — 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 `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 363
- **2026-04-09** FILE NO. 543
- **2026-05-01** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **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 520
- **2026-05-06** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-06** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-06** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-20** PUBLIC ACT 26-142
- **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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5e858ab-743d-4db6-91c7-cea2faad5a86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).