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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING ABSENTEE VOTING FOR CERTAIN PATIENTS OF NURSING HOMES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING ABSENTEE VOTING FOR CERTAIN PATIENTS OF NURSING HOMES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5308"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5308 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Absentee voting", "Disabled persons", "Elections", "Nursing home patients", "Primaries", "Referenda"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Godfrey", "David Michel", "Eleni Kavros Degraw", "Heather S. Somers", "Henry J. Genga", "Hilda E. Santiago", "Hubert D. Delany", "Irene M. Haines", "Julie Kushner", "Kevin C. Kelly", "Lisa Seminara", "Matt Blumenthal", "Paul Cicarella", "Robert Sanchez", "Saud Anwar", "Tony Hwang"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-28"
last_action: "2024-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/854bac54-9622-4396-a035-c6e2a1b97ff6"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "58b8932ccc533bb835f74cb48ceb75e516ffaa7fc56bccf1e88cd080eede6e8a"
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 5308 (2024) — AN ACT CONCERNING ABSENTEE VOTING FOR CERTAIN PATIENTS OF NURSING HOMES.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **File No. 407** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05308-R000407-FC.PDF)
2. **GAE Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05308-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 24-34** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/PA/PDF/2024PA-00034-R00HB-05308-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05308-R00-HB.PDF)
## Votes
- House Roll Call Vote — **1500** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **360** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **5595** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bob Godfrey — primary (person)
- David Michel — primary (person)
- Eleni Kavros Degraw — primary (person)
- Heather S. Somers — primary (person)
- Henry J. Genga — primary (person)
- Hilda E. Santiago — primary (person)
- Hubert D. Delany — primary (person)
- Irene M. Haines — primary (person)
- Julie Kushner — primary (person)
- Kevin C. Kelly — primary (person)
- Lisa Seminara — primary (person)
- Matt Blumenthal — primary (person)
- Paul Cicarella — primary (person)
- Robert Sanchez — primary (person)
- Saud Anwar — primary (person)
- Tony Hwang — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-02-28** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** PUBLIC HEARING 0304
- **2024-03-22** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-25** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2024-04-04** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/09/24 `referral`
- **2024-04-10** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-04-10** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2024-04-10** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 263
- **2024-04-10** FILE NO. 407
- **2024-04-23** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-failure`
- **2024-04-23** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2024-04-25** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2024-04-25** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 372
- **2024-05-07** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2024-05-07** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2024-05-14** PUBLIC ACT 24-34
- **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/854bac54-9622-4396-a035-c6e2a1b97ff6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).