republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2023/hb-5003.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN REVISIONS TO THE EDUCATION STATUTES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN REVISIONS TO THE EDUCATION STATUTES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5003"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5003 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agricultural science and technology education", "Alliance school districts", "Boards of education", "Charter schools", "Education Department", "Education equalization (Education cost sharing)", "Family resource centers", "Federal aid", "Interdistrict public school attendance program", "Magnet schools", "Priority school districts", "Regional schools", "Reports", "Roberta B. Willis Scholarship program", "School attendance age", "School finance", "School meals", "School security", "State aid to education", "Studies", "Task forces"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allie-brennan, Raghib", "Arnone, Tom", "Arzeno, Hector", "Berger-girvalo, Aimee", "Brown, Kevin", "Brown, Marcus", "Bumgardner, Aundre", "Cabrera, Jorge", "Candelaria, Juan R.", "Comey, Robin E.", "Concepcion, Julio A.", "Conley, Christine", "Currey, Jeff", "D'agostino, Michael", "Dathan, Lucy", "Delany, Hubert D.", "Delnicki, Tom", "Demicco, Mike", "Denning, Keith", "Doucette, Jason", "Elliott, Josh", "Felipe, Antonio", "Figueroa, Anabel D.", "Foster, Jaime S.", "Gaston, Herron", "Gee, Fred", "Genga, Henry J.", "Gilchrest, Jillian", "Godfrey, Bob", "Gonzalez, Minnie", "Gresko, Joseph P.", "Johnson, Dominique", "Kavros Degraw, Eleni", "Keitt, Sarah", "Khanna, Rachel", "Leeper, Jennifer", "Lemar, Roland J.", "Mccarthy Vahey, Cristin", "Michel, David", "Miller, Patricia Billie", "Morrin Bello, Amy", "Mushinsky, Mary M.", "Nolan, Anthony L.", "Osborne, Melissa", "Palm, Christine", "Paris, Corey P.", "Parker, John-michael", "Porter, Robyn A.", "Poulos, Christopher", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Ritter, Matthew", "Roberts, Kadeem", "Rochelle, Kara", "Rojas, Jason", "Rosario, Christopher", "Sanchez, Emmanuel", "Sanchez, James", "Sanchez, Robert", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Santos, Farley", "Simms, Travis", "Smith, Frank", "Stafstrom, Steven J.", "Turco, Gary A.", "Wilson, Derell", "Winfield, Gary A.", "Wood, Kerry S."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24b116f8-3263-498e-a9e8-a49fe6410b34"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "d2530c88a99fe8e7f6b0a76d2daca1443dde51d1687b66a6a5da84442cd4a713"
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 5003 (2023) — AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN REVISIONS TO THE EDUCATION STATUTES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-05003-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **ED Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-05003-R02-HB.PDF)
3. **File No. 575** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-05003-R000575-FC.PDF)
4. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-05003-R00-HB.PDF)
5. **Public Act No. 23-208** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00208-R00HB-05003-PA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Allie-brennan, Raghib — primary (person)
- Arnone, Tom — primary (person)
- Arzeno, Hector — primary (person)
- Berger-girvalo, Aimee — primary (person)
- Brown, Kevin — primary (person)
- Brown, Marcus — primary (person)
- Bumgardner, Aundre — primary (person)
- Cabrera, Jorge — primary (person)
- Candelaria, Juan R. — primary (person)
- Comey, Robin E. — primary (person)
- Concepcion, Julio A. — primary (person)
- Conley, Christine — primary (person)
- Currey, Jeff — primary (person)
- D'agostino, Michael — primary (person)
- Dathan, Lucy — primary (person)
- Delany, Hubert D. — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Demicco, Mike — primary (person)
- Denning, Keith — primary (person)
- Doucette, Jason — primary (person)
- Elliott, Josh — primary (person)
- Felipe, Antonio — primary (person)
- Figueroa, Anabel D. — primary (person)
- Foster, Jaime S. — primary (person)
- Gaston, Herron — primary (person)
- Gee, Fred — primary (person)
- Genga, Henry J. — primary (person)
- Gilchrest, Jillian — primary (person)
- Godfrey, Bob — primary (person)
- Gonzalez, Minnie — primary (person)
- Gresko, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Johnson, Dominique — primary (person)
- Kavros Degraw, Eleni — primary (person)
- Keitt, Sarah — primary (person)
- Khanna, Rachel — primary (person)
- Leeper, Jennifer — primary (person)
- Lemar, Roland J. — primary (person)
- Mccarthy Vahey, Cristin — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Miller, Patricia Billie — primary (person)
- Morrin Bello, Amy — primary (person)
- Mushinsky, Mary M. — primary (person)
- Nolan, Anthony L. — primary (person)
- Osborne, Melissa — primary (person)
- Palm, Christine — primary (person)
- Paris, Corey P. — primary (person)
- Parker, John-michael — primary (person)
- Porter, Robyn A. — primary (person)
- Poulos, Christopher — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Ritter, Matthew — primary (person)
- Roberts, Kadeem — primary (person)
- Rochelle, Kara — primary (person)
- Rojas, Jason — primary (person)
- Rosario, Christopher — primary (person)
- Sanchez, Emmanuel — primary (person)
- Sanchez, James — primary (person)
- Sanchez, Robert — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Santos, Farley — primary (person)
- Simms, Travis — primary (person)
- Smith, Frank — primary (person)
- Stafstrom, Steven J. — primary (person)
- Turco, Gary A. — primary (person)
- Wilson, Derell — primary (person)
- Winfield, Gary A. — primary (person)
- Wood, Kerry S. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-04** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Vote to Draft
- **2023-01-26** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2023-01-27** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** PUBLIC HEARING 0203
- **2023-03-24** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-04-06** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/12/23 `referral`
- **2023-04-13** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-04-13** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 346
- **2023-04-13** FILE NO. 575
- **2023-06-07** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-07** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-failure`
- **2023-06-07** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-07** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2023-06-07** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-07** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 629
- **2023-06-07** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2023-06-07** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-07** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-07** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-27** PUBLIC ACT 23-208
- **2023-06-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-28** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-29** 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/24b116f8-3263-498e-a9e8-a49fe6410b34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).