republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2026/hb-5525.md

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Bill	AN ACT CONCERNING A RAPID RESPONSE PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES.	AN ACT CONCERNING A RAPID RESPONSE PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES.	us/states/ct	Connecticut General Assembly	2026	HB 5525	Connecticut HB 5525 (2026)	bill	Algae and aquatic weed control Boat launches Energy and Environmental Protection Department of Herbicides Invasive species Permits Plans Signs Task forces	enacted	Aundre Bumgardner Devin R. Carney Gary A. Turco Greg S. Howard Heather S. Somers Hector Arzeno Hilda E. Santiago Irene M. Haines Jaime S. Foster Jane M. Garibay Jason Perillo John A. Kissel John Santanella John-michael Parker Jonathan Jacobson Josh Elliott Julie Kushner Kadeem Roberts Kaitlyn Shake Kenneth Gucker Laurie Sweet Maria P. Horn Martha Marx Michael "mj" Shannon Nicholas Menapace Nick Gauthier Patrick E. Callahan Paul Cicarella Renee Lamark Muir Rob Sampson Savet Constantine Stephen G. Harding Tami Zawistowski Tom Delnicki William Heffernan	5	22	2	2026-03-06	2026-05-20	openstates	ocd-bill/e82fd3d9-b37c-4117-bd7e-59c8e32ed8a1	ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv	ba0adb712b6537a16488abdb22e40a02f9888c822466edddfebfa0fba0c474eb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ct

Connecticut HB 5525 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING A RAPID RESPONSE PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES.

Version chain

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

1. ENV Joint Favorable (committee substitute) — source
2. File No. 437 (committee substitute) — source
3. File No. 737 (committee substitute) — source
4. Public Act No. 26-65 (committee substitute) — source
5. Raised Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• Aundre Bumgardner — primary (person)
• Devin R. Carney — primary (person)
• Gary A. Turco — primary (person)
• Greg S. Howard — primary (person)
• Heather S. Somers — primary (person)
• Hector Arzeno — primary (person)
• Hilda E. Santiago — primary (person)
• Irene M. Haines — primary (person)
• Jaime S. Foster — primary (person)
• Jane M. Garibay — primary (person)
• Jason Perillo — primary (person)
• John A. Kissel — primary (person)
• John Santanella — primary (person)
• John-michael Parker — primary (person)
• Jonathan Jacobson — primary (person)
• Josh Elliott — primary (person)
• Julie Kushner — primary (person)
• Kadeem Roberts — primary (person)
• Kaitlyn Shake — primary (person)
• Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
• Laurie Sweet — primary (person)
• Maria P. Horn — primary (person)
• Martha Marx — primary (person)
• Michael "mj" Shannon — primary (person)
• Nicholas Menapace — primary (person)
• Nick Gauthier — primary (person)
• Patrick E. Callahan — primary (person)
• Paul Cicarella — primary (person)
• Renee Lamark Muir — primary (person)
• Rob Sampson — primary (person)
• Savet Constantine — primary (person)
• Stephen G. Harding — primary (person)
• Tami Zawistowski — primary (person)
• Tom Delnicki — primary (person)
• William Heffernan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-03-06 REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment referral-committee
• 2026-03-09 PUBLIC HEARING 0313
• 2026-03-18 Joint Favorable committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-19 FILED WITH LCO filing
• 2026-03-30 REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/07/26 referral
• 2026-04-07 RPTD. OUT OF LCO
• 2026-04-07 FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR reading-2
• 2026-04-07 HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 320
• 2026-04-07 FILE NO. 437
• 2026-04-27 HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A amendment-passage
• 2026-04-27 HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A passage
• 2026-04-27 IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
• 2026-04-28 FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. reading-2
• 2026-04-28 SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 472
• 2026-04-28 FILE NO. 737
• 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 26-65
• 2026-05-15 TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
• 2026-05-15 TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2026-05-20 SIGNED BY GOVERNOR executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e82fd3d9-b37c-4117-bd7e-59c8e32ed8a1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).