republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2026/hb-5557.md

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Bill	AN ACT CONCERNING A PLAN TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF WORKING GROUPS ON AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION AND NONEMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION REIMBURSEMENT.	AN ACT CONCERNING A PLAN TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF WORKING GROUPS ON AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION AND NONEMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION REIMBURSEMENT.	us/states/ct	Connecticut General Assembly	2026	HB 5557	Connecticut HB 5557 (2026)	bill	Developmental Services Department of Developmental disabilities persons with Intellectual disabilities persons with Medical care Reports	enacted	Anthony L. Nolan Brian Lanoue Ceci Maher Christopher Poulos Cristin Mccarthy Vahey Dave W. Yaccarino Eleni Kavros Degraw Greg S. Howard Jason Doucette Jason Perillo Jason Rojas Jillian Gilchrest Joe Canino John-michael Parker Joseph H. Zullo Josh Elliott Kenneth Gucker Kerry S. Wood Laurie Sweet Lucy Dathan Martha Marx Martin M. Looney Maryam Khan Matt Blumenthal Matthew L. Lesser Melissa Osborne Mike Demicco Nicholas Menapace Paul Honig Saud Anwar Tami Zawistowski Tom Delnicki Tom O'dea	5	27	2	2026-03-12	2026-06-02	openstates	ocd-bill/6fb7d13b-8556-4b93-9a33-fa5e0ae7e4bc	ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv	2b31a81462d7ac85c3b8b99e9625655cc9158e409b837dc0aed4bbf118aa709d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ct

Connecticut HB 5557 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING A PLAN TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF WORKING GROUPS ON AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION AND NONEMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION REIMBURSEMENT.

Version chain

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

1. APP Joint Favorable (committee substitute) — source
2. File No. 441 (committee substitute) — source
3. HS Joint Favorable (committee substitute) — source
4. Public Act No. 26-151 (committee substitute) — source
5. Raised Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Roll Call Vote — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• House Roll Call Vote — 149–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Anthony L. Nolan — primary (person)
• Brian Lanoue — primary (person)
• Ceci Maher — primary (person)
• Christopher Poulos — primary (person)
• Cristin Mccarthy Vahey — primary (person)
• Dave W. Yaccarino — primary (person)
• Eleni Kavros Degraw — primary (person)
• Greg S. Howard — primary (person)
• Jason Doucette — primary (person)
• Jason Perillo — primary (person)
• Jason Rojas — primary (person)
• Jillian Gilchrest — primary (person)
• Joe Canino — primary (person)
• John-michael Parker — primary (person)
• Joseph H. Zullo — primary (person)
• Josh Elliott — primary (person)
• Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
• Kerry S. Wood — primary (person)
• Laurie Sweet — primary (person)
• Lucy Dathan — primary (person)
• Martha Marx — primary (person)
• Martin M. Looney — primary (person)
• Maryam Khan — primary (person)
• Matt Blumenthal — primary (person)
• Matthew L. Lesser — primary (person)
• Melissa Osborne — primary (person)
• Mike Demicco — primary (person)
• Nicholas Menapace — primary (person)
• Paul Honig — primary (person)
• Saud Anwar — primary (person)
• Tami Zawistowski — primary (person)
• Tom Delnicki — primary (person)
• Tom O'dea — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-03-12 REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Human Services referral-committee
• 2026-03-13 PUBLIC HEARING 0317
• 2026-03-19 Joint Favorable committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-20 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 325
• 2026-04-07 FILE NO. 441
• 2026-04-14 REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Appropriations
• 2026-04-17 Joint Favorable committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-20 FILED WITH LCO filing
• 2026-04-20 RPTD. OUT OF LCO
• 2026-04-20 NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations
• 2026-04-20 TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR reading-2
• 2026-05-04 HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A amendment-passage
• 2026-05-04 HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A passage
• 2026-05-04 TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
• 2026-05-04 FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. reading-2
• 2026-05-04 SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 548
• 2026-05-06 SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A amendment-passage
• 2026-05-06 SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A passage
• 2026-05-06 ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
• 2026-05-20 PUBLIC ACT 26-151
• 2026-05-29 TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
• 2026-05-29 TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2026-06-02 SIGNED BY GOVERNOR executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6fb7d13b-8556-4b93-9a33-fa5e0ae7e4bc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).