republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2024/hb-5232.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING SOLAR PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING SOLAR PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5232"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5232 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Clean Energy Fund (Renewable Energy Investment Fund)", "Clean energy", "Connecticut Green Bank", "Electric distribution companies", "Energy and Environmental Protection", "Department of", "Environmental justice", "Integrated Resources Plan", "Land use", "Municipal taxation", "Prices", "Property tax abatement", "Property tax exemptions", "Public Utilities Regulatory Authority", "Renewable energy sources", "Solar electricity work", "Solar energy", "Studies", "Virtual net metering"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Morrin Bello", "Anne M. Hughes", "Aundre Bumgardner", "Brandon Chafee", "Christine Palm", "David Michel", "Eleni Kavros Degraw", "Gary A. Turco", "Geraldo C. Reyes", "Hilda E. Santiago", "Hubert D. Delany", "James Sanchez", "Jan Hochadel", "Jane M. Garibay", "Jennifer Leeper", "Jillian Gilchrest", "Joseph P. Gresko", "Josh Elliott", "Julie Kushner", "Kerry S. Wood", "Lucy Dathan", "Mary M. Mushinsky", "Patricia A. Dillon", "Raghib Allie-brennan", "Sarah Keitt", "Travis Simms"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-22"
last_action: "2024-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cad5ac5-e4a7-495b-b4b6-0a3da8d31186"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "510672928eacdd8da7a3cb366a38d1e0e273f3b234eebf023cf40c83bb56ed74"
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 5232 (2024) — AN ACT CONCERNING SOLAR PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

## Version chain

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

1. **ET Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05232-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 360** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05232-R000360-FC.PDF)
3. **File No. 620** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05232-R000620-FC.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 24-31** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/PA/PDF/2024PA-00031-R00HB-05232-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05232-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **98–49** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **13–23** (fail) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **12–23** (fail) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **27–9** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **52–95** (fail) · lower
- House Roll Call Vote — **117–30** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amy Morrin Bello — primary (person)
- Anne M. Hughes — primary (person)
- Aundre Bumgardner — primary (person)
- Brandon Chafee — primary (person)
- Christine Palm — primary (person)
- David Michel — primary (person)
- Eleni Kavros Degraw — primary (person)
- Gary A. Turco — primary (person)
- Geraldo C. Reyes — primary (person)
- Hilda E. Santiago — primary (person)
- Hubert D. Delany — primary (person)
- James Sanchez — primary (person)
- Jan Hochadel — primary (person)
- Jane M. Garibay — primary (person)
- Jennifer Leeper — primary (person)
- Jillian Gilchrest — primary (person)
- Joseph P. Gresko — primary (person)
- Josh Elliott — primary (person)
- Julie Kushner — primary (person)
- Kerry S. Wood — primary (person)
- Lucy Dathan — primary (person)
- Mary M. Mushinsky — primary (person)
- Patricia A. Dillon — primary (person)
- Raghib Allie-brennan — primary (person)
- Sarah Keitt — primary (person)
- Travis Simms — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-22** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Energy and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** PUBLIC HEARING 0227
- **2024-03-21** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-22** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2024-04-02** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/08/24 `referral`
- **2024-04-09** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-04-09** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2024-04-09** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 235
- **2024-04-09** FILE NO. 360
- **2024-04-25** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-25** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-failure`
- **2024-04-25** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2024-04-29** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2024-04-29** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 375
- **2024-04-29** FILE NO. 620
- **2024-05-07** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-07** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-failure`
- **2024-05-07** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-failure`
- **2024-05-07** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-07** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2024-05-07** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2024-05-14** PUBLIC ACT 24-31
- **2024-05-14** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2024-05-14** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-21** 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/7cad5ac5-e4a7-495b-b4b6-0a3da8d31186`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).