republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2023/hb-5004.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT IMPLEMENTING EARLY VOTING."
description: "AN ACT IMPLEMENTING EARLY VOTING."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5004"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5004 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ballots", "Early voting", "Election hours", "Election officials", "Elections", "Fines (Penalties)", "Municipalities", "Population", "Presidential preference primaries", "Primaries", "Referenda", "Registrars of voters", "Reports", "Secretary of the State", "Town clerks", "Voter registration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allie-brennan, Raghib", "Blumenthal, Matt", "Brown, Marcus", "Bumgardner, Aundre", "Butler, Larry B.", "Conley, Christine", "Dathan, Lucy", "Delany, Hubert D.", "Demicco, Mike", "Denning, Keith", "Dillon, Patricia A.", "Felipe, Antonio", "Figueroa, Anabel D.", "Fortier, Mary", "Garibay, Jane M.", "Gaston, Herron", "Gee, Fred", "Godfrey, Bob", "Gonzalez, Minnie", "Gresko, Joseph P.", "Haddad, Gregory", "Hall, Joshua M.", "Johnson, Dominique", "Keitt, Sarah", "Khan, Maryam", "Maher, Ceci", "Mccarthy Vahey, Cristin", "Michel, David", "Miller, Patricia Billie", "Moore, Marilyn V.", "Morrin Bello, Amy", "Nolan, Anthony L.", "Paris, Corey P.", "Porter, Robyn A.", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Ritter, Matthew", "Rojas, Jason", "Rosario, Christopher", "Sanchez, James", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Santos, Farley", "Smith, Frank", "Tercyak, Peter A.", "Turco, Gary A.", "Winfield, Gary A."]
version_count: 7
action_count: 45
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a5078fe-21f0-40c8-ae90-9acfeb034084"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "021f851d5e760a4bc4aebf561be4c473f6f1ecacb246746468af2d6d97dac2bc"
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 5004 (2023) — AN ACT IMPLEMENTING EARLY VOTING.

## 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/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-05004-R03-HB.PDF)
2. **Committee Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-05004-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **File No. 350** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-05004-R000350-FC.PDF)
4. **File No. 756** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-05004-R000756-FC.PDF)
5. **GAE Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-05004-R02-HB.PDF)
6. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-05004-R00-HB.PDF)
7. **Public Act No. 23-5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00005-R00HB-05004-PA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Allie-brennan, Raghib — primary (person)
- Blumenthal, Matt — primary (person)
- Brown, Marcus — primary (person)
- Bumgardner, Aundre — primary (person)
- Butler, Larry B. — primary (person)
- Conley, Christine — primary (person)
- Dathan, Lucy — primary (person)
- Delany, Hubert D. — primary (person)
- Demicco, Mike — primary (person)
- Denning, Keith — primary (person)
- Dillon, Patricia A. — primary (person)
- Felipe, Antonio — primary (person)
- Figueroa, Anabel D. — primary (person)
- Fortier, Mary — primary (person)
- Garibay, Jane M. — primary (person)
- Gaston, Herron — primary (person)
- Gee, Fred — primary (person)
- Godfrey, Bob — primary (person)
- Gonzalez, Minnie — primary (person)
- Gresko, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Haddad, Gregory — primary (person)
- Hall, Joshua M. — primary (person)
- Johnson, Dominique — primary (person)
- Keitt, Sarah — primary (person)
- Khan, Maryam — primary (person)
- Maher, Ceci — primary (person)
- Mccarthy Vahey, Cristin — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Miller, Patricia Billie — primary (person)
- Moore, Marilyn V. — primary (person)
- Morrin Bello, Amy — primary (person)
- Nolan, Anthony L. — primary (person)
- Paris, Corey P. — primary (person)
- Porter, Robyn A. — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Ritter, Matthew — primary (person)
- Rojas, Jason — primary (person)
- Rosario, Christopher — primary (person)
- Sanchez, James — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Santos, Farley — primary (person)
- Smith, Frank — primary (person)
- Tercyak, Peter A. — primary (person)
- Turco, Gary A. — primary (person)
- Winfield, Gary A. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-04** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** Vote to Draft
- **2023-02-15** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2023-02-16** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** PUBLIC HEARING 0222
- **2023-03-15** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-03-27** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/03/23 `referral`
- **2023-04-03** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-04-03** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 237
- **2023-04-03** FILE NO. 350
- **2023-04-25** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Appropriations
- **2023-05-01** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-05-02** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-05-02** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations
- **2023-05-02** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-05-04** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-04** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-04** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. C `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-04** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. D `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-04** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. E `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-04** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. F `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-04** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. G `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-04** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-05-08** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-05-08** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 461
- **2023-05-08** FILE NO. 756
- **2023-05-30** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-30** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-30** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-30** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. C `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-30** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. D `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-30** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. E `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-30** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. F `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-30** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. G `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-30** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. H `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-30** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. I `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-30** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-05-30** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-01** PUBLIC ACT 23-5
- **2023-06-05** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-05** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-07** 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/8a5078fe-21f0-40c8-ae90-9acfeb034084`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).