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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTION SECURITY AND TRANSPARENCY, THE COUNTING OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS, ABSENTEE VOTING FOR CERTAIN PATIENTS OF NURSING HOMES, SECURITY OF CERTAIN ELECTION WORKERS, STATE ELECTIONS ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION COMPLAINTS, BALLOTS MADE AVAILABLE IN LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH AND VARIOUS OTHER REVISIONS RELATED TO ELECTION ADMINISTRATION."
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description: "AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTION SECURITY AND TRANSPARENCY, THE COUNTING OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS, ABSENTEE VOTING FOR CERTAIN PATIENTS OF NURSING HOMES, SECURITY OF CERTAIN ELECTION WORKERS, STATE ELECTIONS ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION COMPLAINTS, BALLOTS MADE AVAILABLE IN LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH AND VARIOUS OTHER REVISIONS RELATED TO ELECTION ADMINISTRATION."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
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legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 5498"
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citation: "Connecticut HB 5498 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Absentee ballots", "Ballots", "Candidates", "Certificates and certification", "Complaint", "Confidentiality", "Crimes", "Disabled persons", "Disclosure", "Early voting", "Election offenses", "Elections", "Electronic surveillance", "Felonies", "Fines (Penalties)", "Fraud", "Freedom of Information Commission", "Municipalities", "Nominations", "Petitions", "Primaries", "Referenda", "Registrars of voters", "Secretary of the State", "State Elections Enforcement Commission", "Town clerks", "Voter registration", "Voter registry lists"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Donna Veach", "Eric C. Berthel", "Greg S. Howard", "Holly H. Cheeseman", "Jeff Gordon", "Kathy Kennedy", "Lisa Seminara", "Martin Foncello", "Matt Blumenthal", "Patricia Billie Miller", "Rob Sampson", "Tony Hwang"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-03-13"
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last_action: "2024-06-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2468aa14-ed94-4512-95c0-4e725a37e4d5"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
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source_hash: "e9225cec2ca1dc9ecd2a5fb41d6c00eab30a232f87c8e337adfd6718bb1be523"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ct"]
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---
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# Connecticut HB 5498 (2024) — AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTION SECURITY AND TRANSPARENCY, THE COUNTING OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS, ABSENTEE VOTING FOR CERTAIN PATIENTS OF NURSING HOMES, SECURITY OF CERTAIN ELECTION WORKERS, STATE ELECTIONS ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION COMPLAINTS, BALLOTS MADE AVAILABLE IN LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH AND VARIOUS OTHER REVISIONS RELATED TO ELECTION ADMINISTRATION.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **File No. 491** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05498-R000491-FC.PDF)
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2. **GAE Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05498-R01-HB.PDF)
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3. **JUD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05498-R02-HB.PDF)
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4. **Public Act No. 24-148** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/PA/PDF/2024PA-00148-R00HB-05498-PA.PDF)
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5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05498-R00-HB.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Senate Roll Call Vote — **12–24** (fail) · upper
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- House Roll Call Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Roll Call Vote — **13–23** (fail) · upper
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- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Roll Call Vote — **12–24** (fail) · upper
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- Senate Roll Call Vote — **11–25** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Donna Veach — primary (person)
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- Eric C. Berthel — primary (person)
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- Greg S. Howard — primary (person)
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- Holly H. Cheeseman — primary (person)
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- Jeff Gordon — primary (person)
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- Kathy Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Lisa Seminara — primary (person)
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- Martin Foncello — primary (person)
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- Matt Blumenthal — primary (person)
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- Patricia Billie Miller — primary (person)
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- Rob Sampson — primary (person)
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- Tony Hwang — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-03-13** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-14** PUBLIC HEARING 0318
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- **2024-03-26** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-27** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
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- **2024-04-08** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/15/24 `referral`
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- **2024-04-15** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
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- **2024-04-15** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
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- **2024-04-15** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 341
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- **2024-04-15** FILE NO. 491
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- **2024-04-25** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Judiciary
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- **2024-04-29** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-04-29** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
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- **2024-04-29** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
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- **2024-04-29** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Judiciary
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- **2024-04-29** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
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- **2024-05-03** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-05-03** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
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- **2024-05-03** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
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- **2024-05-03** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
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- **2024-05-03** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 442
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- **2024-05-08** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-05-08** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-failure`
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- **2024-05-08** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-failure`
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- **2024-05-08** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. C `amendment-failure`
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- **2024-05-08** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. D `amendment-failure`
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- **2024-05-08** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. E `amendment-failure`
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- **2024-05-08** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
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- **2024-05-08** IN CONCURRENCE
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- **2024-05-22** PUBLIC ACT 24-148
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- **2024-05-31** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
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- **2024-05-31** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-06** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2468aa14-ed94-4512-95c0-4e725a37e4d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).
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