republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2022/hb-5420.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF AND SERVICES FOR POLICE OFFICERS, CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS REGARDING POLICE TRAINING AND CERTAIN REPORTS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF AND SERVICES FOR POLICE OFFICERS, CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS REGARDING POLICE TRAINING AND CERTAIN REPORTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 5420"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5420 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Behavioral health services", "Disabled persons", "Discrimination", "Enhanced 9-1-1 emergency telephone system", "Grants by the state", "Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy", "Law enforcement", "Mental Health and Addiction Services", "Department of", "Mental health", "Police", "Police Officer Standards and Training Council", "Police training", "Reports", "Studies", "Task forces"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Blumenthal, Matt", "Callahan, Patrick E.", "Cheeseman, Holly H.", "Cohen, Christine", "Comey, Robin E.", "De La Cruz, Joe", "Delany, Hubert D.", "Gonzalez, Minnie", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Hall, Carol", "Hampton, John K.", "Harrison, Cindy", "Horn, Maria P.", "Howard, Greg S.", "Klarides-ditria, Nicole", "Leeper, Jennifer", "Mccarthy Vahey, Cristin", "Mcgorty, Ben", "Palm, Christine", "Paris, Corey P.", "Parker, John-michael", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Rochelle, Kara", "Smith, Brian T.", "Turco, Gary A.", "Witkos, Kevin D.", "Yaccarino, Dave W."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-03-09"
last_action: "2022-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7476f3e-8bd2-4c19-80f5-7d94b8b338d8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "d16377c27607ac54b5b246631789826ce173fdfb90310b62feafd8b1520b695d"
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 5420 (2022) — AN ACT CONCERNING MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF AND SERVICES FOR POLICE OFFICERS, CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS REGARDING POLICE TRAINING AND CERTAIN REPORTS.

## 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/2022/TOB/H/PDF/2022HB-05420-R02-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 339** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/FC/PDF/2022HB-05420-R000339-FC.PDF)
3. **File No. 589** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/FC/PDF/2022HB-05420-R000589-FC.PDF)
4. **PS Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/H/PDF/2022HB-05420-R01-HB.PDF)
5. **Public Act No. 22-64** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/ACT/PA/PDF/2022PA-00064-R00HB-05420-PA.PDF)
6. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/H/PDF/2022HB-05420-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Blumenthal, Matt — primary (person)
- Callahan, Patrick E. — primary (person)
- Cheeseman, Holly H. — primary (person)
- Cohen, Christine — primary (person)
- Comey, Robin E. — primary (person)
- De La Cruz, Joe — primary (person)
- Delany, Hubert D. — primary (person)
- Gonzalez, Minnie — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Hall, Carol — primary (person)
- Hampton, John K. — primary (person)
- Harrison, Cindy — primary (person)
- Horn, Maria P. — primary (person)
- Howard, Greg S. — primary (person)
- Klarides-ditria, Nicole — primary (person)
- Leeper, Jennifer — primary (person)
- Mccarthy Vahey, Cristin — primary (person)
- Mcgorty, Ben — primary (person)
- Palm, Christine — primary (person)
- Paris, Corey P. — primary (person)
- Parker, John-michael — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Rochelle, Kara — primary (person)
- Smith, Brian T. — primary (person)
- Turco, Gary A. — primary (person)
- Witkos, Kevin D. — primary (person)
- Yaccarino, Dave W. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-09** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Safety and Security `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-11** PUBLIC HEARING 0317
- **2022-03-22** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-22** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2022-03-31** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/05/22 `referral`
- **2022-04-06** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2022-04-06** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2022-04-06** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 251
- **2022-04-06** FILE NO. 339
- **2022-04-13** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Appropriations
- **2022-04-18** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-18** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2022-04-18** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2022-04-18** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations
- **2022-04-18** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2022-04-20** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-20** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-failure`
- **2022-04-20** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2022-04-22** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2022-04-22** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 432
- **2022-04-22** FILE NO. 589
- **2022-05-03** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-03** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2022-05-03** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2022-05-10** PUBLIC ACT 22-64
- **2022-05-17** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2022-05-17** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-23** 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/f7476f3e-8bd2-4c19-80f5-7d94b8b338d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).