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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND PUBLIC PROTECTION'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING VARIOUS STATUTES RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND PUBLIC PROTECTION'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING VARIOUS STATUTES RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5291"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5291 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Assault and battery", "Bail bondsmen", "Blood alcohol concentration tests", "Certificates and certification", "Children", "Civil Air Patrol", "Conviction information", "DNA testing", "Electronic defense weapons", "Emergency Services and Public Protection", "Department of", "Evidence (Law)", "Fees", "Felonies", "Fire departments", "Firearms permits", "Firearms safety instructors", "Fireworks", "Grants by the state", "Insanity defense", "Licenses", "Municipalities", "Occupational training", "Permits", "Police", "Police Officer Standards and Training Council", "Protective orders", "Reports", "School security", "Security personnel", "Sexual assault", "State Police", "State bonds for public safety", "Studies", "Urine alcohol concentration tests", "Videos", "Violations", "Youth camps"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph P. Gresko", "Kenneth Gucker", "Tom Delnicki"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-19"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acbaac54-ebb6-4993-ac6a-b6366f93fa58"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "f39bc49a37ab6a8d439d4d8e0c494af7de39076a8272c2a05381015e070e9ebe"
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 5291 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND PUBLIC PROTECTION'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING VARIOUS STATUTES RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **File No. 323** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05291-R000323-FC.PDF)
2. **File No. 743** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05291-R000743-FC.PDF)
3. **PS Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05291-R01-HB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 26-45** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00045-R00HB-05291-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05291-R00-HB.PDF)
## Votes
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **360** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **1450** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Joseph P. Gresko — primary (person)
- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-19** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Safety and Security `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** PUBLIC HEARING 0303
- **2026-03-17** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-03-26** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/31/26 `referral`
- **2026-04-01** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-01** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-04-01** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 242
- **2026-04-01** FILE NO. 323
- **2026-04-28** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-28** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-04-29** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2026-04-29** FILE NO. 743
- **2026-04-30** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-30** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 480
- **2026-05-05** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-05** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-05** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-14** PUBLIC ACT 26-45
- **2026-05-15** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-15** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-26** 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/acbaac54-ebb6-4993-ac6a-b6366f93fa58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).