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---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE EELGRASS WORKING GROUP."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE EELGRASS WORKING GROUP."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5229"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5229 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Department of", "Conservation", "Endangered species", "Energy and Environmental Protection", "Department of", "Plants", "University of Connecticut"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aundre Bumgardner", "Ben Mcgorty", "Christine Palm", "Gary A. Winfield", "Heather S. Somers", "Hilda E. Santiago", "Jan Hochadel", "Joseph P. Gresko", "Kevin C. Kelly", "Laura Dancho", "Lisa Seminara", "Martin Foncello", "Patricia A. Dillon", "Saud Anwar"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-22"
last_action: "2024-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae4cda0c-3465-46ba-80c1-acbc22f9c2b4"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "0b768c5c72efcbc85f2782fd74001de9959b4ba06f182575c65a810eae39228f"
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 5229 (2024) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE EELGRASS WORKING GROUP.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **ENV Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05229-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 189** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05229-R000189-FC.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 24-12** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/PA/PDF/2024PA-00012-R00HB-05229-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05229-R00-HB.PDF)
## Votes
- House Roll Call Vote — **1440** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **360** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Aundre Bumgardner — primary (person)
- Ben Mcgorty — primary (person)
- Christine Palm — primary (person)
- Gary A. Winfield — primary (person)
- Heather S. Somers — primary (person)
- Hilda E. Santiago — primary (person)
- Jan Hochadel — primary (person)
- Joseph P. Gresko — primary (person)
- Kevin C. Kelly — primary (person)
- Laura Dancho — primary (person)
- Lisa Seminara — primary (person)
- Martin Foncello — primary (person)
- Patricia A. Dillon — primary (person)
- Saud Anwar — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-02-22** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** PUBLIC HEARING 0308
- **2024-03-15** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2024-03-25** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/02/24 `referral`
- **2024-04-02** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-04-02** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2024-04-02** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 155
- **2024-04-02** FILE NO. 189
- **2024-04-18** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2024-04-22** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2024-04-22** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 337
- **2024-05-06** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2024-05-06** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2024-05-08** PUBLIC ACT 24-12
- **2024-05-09** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2024-05-09** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-14** 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/ae4cda0c-3465-46ba-80c1-acbc22f9c2b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).