republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2022/hb-5349.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE TIMELY REPORTING BY THE POLICE OF A DEATH."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE TIMELY REPORTING BY THE POLICE OF A DEATH."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 5349"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5349 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Death", "Families", "Inspector General", "Office of", "Law enforcement", "Notices", "Peace officers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Baker, Andre F.", "Berger-girvalo, Aimee", "Blumenthal, Matt", "Bradley, Dennis A.", "Cheeseman, Holly H.", "Delany, Hubert D.", "Dillon, Patricia A.", "Felipe, Antonio", "Fishbein, Craig C.", "Gilchrest, Jillian", "Gonzalez, Minnie", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Hall, Joshua M.", "Hennessy, John \"jack\" F.", "Horn, Maria P.", "Kavros Degraw, Eleni", "Khan, Maryam", "Michel, David", "Moore, Marilyn V.", "Nuccio, Tammy", "Paris, Corey P.", "Parker, John-michael", "Pavalock-d'amato, Cara Christine", "Porter, Robyn A.", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Ritter, Matthew", "Rosario, Christopher", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Simms, Travis", "Smith, Brian T.", "Stafstrom, Steven J.", "Stallworth, Charlie L.", "Vargas, Edwin", "Wilson, David T.", "Winfield, Gary A."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-03-03"
last_action: "2022-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7b803e9-490b-4457-bd97-fdeffb0cf2e6"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "d091e22e38dd82599686af626245478fa6d8b79634f1a6ef02732d64f97df719"
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 5349 (2022) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE TIMELY REPORTING BY THE POLICE OF A DEATH.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 492** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/FC/PDF/2022HB-05349-R000492-FC.PDF)
2. **File No. 682** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/FC/PDF/2022HB-05349-R000682-FC.PDF)
3. **JUD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/H/PDF/2022HB-05349-R01-HB.PDF)
4. **PS Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/H/PDF/2022HB-05349-R02-HB.PDF)
5. **Public Act No. 22-61** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/ACT/PA/PDF/2022PA-00061-R00HB-05349-PA.PDF)
6. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/H/PDF/2022HB-05349-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Baker, Andre F. — primary (person)
- Berger-girvalo, Aimee — primary (person)
- Blumenthal, Matt — primary (person)
- Bradley, Dennis A. — primary (person)
- Cheeseman, Holly H. — primary (person)
- Delany, Hubert D. — primary (person)
- Dillon, Patricia A. — primary (person)
- Felipe, Antonio — primary (person)
- Fishbein, Craig C. — primary (person)
- Gilchrest, Jillian — primary (person)
- Gonzalez, Minnie — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Hall, Joshua M. — primary (person)
- Hennessy, John "jack" F. — primary (person)
- Horn, Maria P. — primary (person)
- Kavros Degraw, Eleni — primary (person)
- Khan, Maryam — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Moore, Marilyn V. — primary (person)
- Nuccio, Tammy — primary (person)
- Paris, Corey P. — primary (person)
- Parker, John-michael — primary (person)
- Pavalock-d'amato, Cara Christine — primary (person)
- Porter, Robyn A. — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Ritter, Matthew — primary (person)
- Rosario, Christopher — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Simms, Travis — primary (person)
- Smith, Brian T. — primary (person)
- Stafstrom, Steven J. — primary (person)
- Stallworth, Charlie L. — primary (person)
- Vargas, Edwin — primary (person)
- Wilson, David T. — primary (person)
- Winfield, Gary A. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-03** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-04** PUBLIC HEARING 0309
- **2022-03-29** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2022-04-08** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/13/22 `referral`
- **2022-04-14** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2022-04-14** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2022-04-14** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 346
- **2022-04-14** FILE NO. 492
- **2022-04-20** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Public Safety and Security
- **2022-04-25** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2022-04-25** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2022-04-25** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Public Safety and Security
- **2022-04-25** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2022-04-27** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-27** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2022-04-29** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2022-04-29** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 523
- **2022-04-29** FILE NO. 682
- **2022-05-03** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-03** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2022-05-03** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2022-05-10** PUBLIC ACT 22-61
- **2022-05-17** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2022-05-17** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-23** 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/c7b803e9-490b-4457-bd97-fdeffb0cf2e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).