republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2026/hb-5557.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING A PLAN TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF WORKING GROUPS ON AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION AND NONEMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION REIMBURSEMENT."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING A PLAN TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF WORKING GROUPS ON AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION AND NONEMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION REIMBURSEMENT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5557"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5557 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Developmental Services", "Department of", "Developmental disabilities", "persons with", "Intellectual disabilities", "persons with", "Medical care", "Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anthony L. Nolan", "Brian Lanoue", "Ceci Maher", "Christopher Poulos", "Cristin Mccarthy Vahey", "Dave W. Yaccarino", "Eleni Kavros Degraw", "Greg S. Howard", "Jason Doucette", "Jason Perillo", "Jason Rojas", "Jillian Gilchrest", "Joe Canino", "John-michael Parker", "Joseph H. Zullo", "Josh Elliott", "Kenneth Gucker", "Kerry S. Wood", "Laurie Sweet", "Lucy Dathan", "Martha Marx", "Martin M. Looney", "Maryam Khan", "Matt Blumenthal", "Matthew L. Lesser", "Melissa Osborne", "Mike Demicco", "Nicholas Menapace", "Paul Honig", "Saud Anwar", "Tami Zawistowski", "Tom Delnicki", "Tom O'dea"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-12"
last_action: "2026-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fb7d13b-8556-4b93-9a33-fa5e0ae7e4bc"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "2b31a81462d7ac85c3b8b99e9625655cc9158e409b837dc0aed4bbf118aa709d"
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 5557 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING A PLAN TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF WORKING GROUPS ON AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION AND NONEMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION REIMBURSEMENT.

## 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-05557-R02-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 441** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05557-R000441-FC.PDF)
3. **HS Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05557-R01-HB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 26-151** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00151-R00HB-05557-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05557-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anthony L. Nolan — primary (person)
- Brian Lanoue — primary (person)
- Ceci Maher — primary (person)
- Christopher Poulos — primary (person)
- Cristin Mccarthy Vahey — primary (person)
- Dave W. Yaccarino — primary (person)
- Eleni Kavros Degraw — primary (person)
- Greg S. Howard — primary (person)
- Jason Doucette — primary (person)
- Jason Perillo — primary (person)
- Jason Rojas — primary (person)
- Jillian Gilchrest — primary (person)
- Joe Canino — primary (person)
- John-michael Parker — primary (person)
- Joseph H. Zullo — primary (person)
- Josh Elliott — primary (person)
- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
- Kerry S. Wood — primary (person)
- Laurie Sweet — primary (person)
- Lucy Dathan — primary (person)
- Martha Marx — primary (person)
- Martin M. Looney — primary (person)
- Maryam Khan — primary (person)
- Matt Blumenthal — primary (person)
- Matthew L. Lesser — primary (person)
- Melissa Osborne — primary (person)
- Mike Demicco — primary (person)
- Nicholas Menapace — primary (person)
- Paul Honig — primary (person)
- Saud Anwar — primary (person)
- Tami Zawistowski — primary (person)
- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)
- Tom O'dea — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-12** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-13** PUBLIC HEARING 0317
- **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 325
- **2026-04-07** FILE NO. 441
- **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`
- **2026-05-04** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-04** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-04** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2026-05-04** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-05-04** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 548
- **2026-05-06** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-06** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-05-06** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2026-05-20** PUBLIC ACT 26-151
- **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/6fb7d13b-8556-4b93-9a33-fa5e0ae7e4bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).