republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2026/hb-5485.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING SUPPORTED DECISION-MAKING STUDY."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING SUPPORTED DECISION-MAKING STUDY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5485"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5485 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aging and Disability Services", "Department of", "Power of attorney for health care decisions", "Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aimee Berger-girvalo", "Alphonse Paolillo", "Anne Dauphinais", "Anne M. Hughes", "Christopher Poulos", "Daniel Gaiewski", "Derek Slap", "Eleni Kavros Degraw", "Gary A. Turco", "Greg S. Howard", "Hector Arzeno", "Hilda E. Santiago", "Iris N Sanchez", "Jane M. Garibay", "Jason Perillo", "John-michael Parker", "Josh Elliott", "Kara Rochelle", "Kerry S. Wood", "Laurie Sweet", "Lucy Dathan", "Martha Marx", "Martin M. Looney", "Mary Fortier", "Maryam Khan", "Michael D. Quinn", "Mike Demicco", "Nicholas Menapace", "Nick Gauthier", "Robin E. Comey", "Sarah Keitt", "Savet Constantine", "Steven Winter", "Sujata Gadkar-wilcox", "Tammy Nuccio", "Tom Delnicki", "William Pizzuto"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-05"
last_action: "2026-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c49d0d0a-05c7-48a3-a426-f24f1ad9acfc"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "e3fee397ff14090cf1f9fb5a7a8117b881bef020fef3708f3bfc52d4c9e79190"
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 5485 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING SUPPORTED DECISION-MAKING STUDY.

## Version chain

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

1. **APP Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05485-R02-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 429** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05485-R000429-FC.PDF)
3. **HS Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05485-R01-HB.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05485-R00-HB.PDF)
5. **Special Act No. 26-12** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/SA/PDF/2026SA-00012-R00HB-05485-SA.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aimee Berger-girvalo — primary (person)
- Alphonse Paolillo — primary (person)
- Anne Dauphinais — primary (person)
- Anne M. Hughes — primary (person)
- Christopher Poulos — primary (person)
- Daniel Gaiewski — primary (person)
- Derek Slap — primary (person)
- Eleni Kavros Degraw — primary (person)
- Gary A. Turco — primary (person)
- Greg S. Howard — primary (person)
- Hector Arzeno — primary (person)
- Hilda E. Santiago — primary (person)
- Iris N Sanchez — primary (person)
- Jane M. Garibay — primary (person)
- Jason Perillo — primary (person)
- John-michael Parker — primary (person)
- Josh Elliott — primary (person)
- Kara Rochelle — primary (person)
- Kerry S. Wood — primary (person)
- Laurie Sweet — primary (person)
- Lucy Dathan — primary (person)
- Martha Marx — primary (person)
- Martin M. Looney — primary (person)
- Mary Fortier — primary (person)
- Maryam Khan — primary (person)
- Michael D. Quinn — primary (person)
- Mike Demicco — primary (person)
- Nicholas Menapace — primary (person)
- Nick Gauthier — primary (person)
- Robin E. Comey — primary (person)
- Sarah Keitt — primary (person)
- Savet Constantine — primary (person)
- Steven Winter — primary (person)
- Sujata Gadkar-wilcox — primary (person)
- Tammy Nuccio — primary (person)
- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)
- William Pizzuto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-05** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** PUBLIC HEARING 0310
- **2026-03-19** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-03-30** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/07/26 `referral`
- **2026-04-07** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-07** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-04-07** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 313
- **2026-04-07** FILE NO. 429
- **2026-04-14** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Appropriations
- **2026-04-17** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-20** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2026-04-20** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2026-04-20** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations
- **2026-04-20** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2026-05-01** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-01** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-01** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2026-05-02** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-05-02** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 517
- **2026-05-05** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-05** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-05** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-20** SPECIAL ACT 26-12
- **2026-05-29** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-29** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-02** 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/c49d0d0a-05c7-48a3-a426-f24f1ad9acfc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).