republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2026/hb-5525.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING A RAPID RESPONSE PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING A RAPID RESPONSE PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5525"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5525 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Algae and aquatic weed control", "Boat launches", "Energy and Environmental Protection", "Department of", "Herbicides", "Invasive species", "Permits", "Plans", "Signs", "Task forces"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aundre Bumgardner", "Devin R. Carney", "Gary A. Turco", "Greg S. Howard", "Heather S. Somers", "Hector Arzeno", "Hilda E. Santiago", "Irene M. Haines", "Jaime S. Foster", "Jane M. Garibay", "Jason Perillo", "John A. Kissel", "John Santanella", "John-michael Parker", "Jonathan Jacobson", "Josh Elliott", "Julie Kushner", "Kadeem Roberts", "Kaitlyn Shake", "Kenneth Gucker", "Laurie Sweet", "Maria P. Horn", "Martha Marx", "Michael \"mj\" Shannon", "Nicholas Menapace", "Nick Gauthier", "Patrick E. Callahan", "Paul Cicarella", "Renee Lamark Muir", "Rob Sampson", "Savet Constantine", "Stephen G. Harding", "Tami Zawistowski", "Tom Delnicki", "William Heffernan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-06"
last_action: "2026-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e82fd3d9-b37c-4117-bd7e-59c8e32ed8a1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "ba0adb712b6537a16488abdb22e40a02f9888c822466edddfebfa0fba0c474eb"
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 5525 (2026) — AN ACT CONCERNING A RAPID RESPONSE PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES.

## Version chain

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

1. **ENV Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05525-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 437** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05525-R000437-FC.PDF)
3. **File No. 737** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/FC/PDF/2026HB-05525-R000737-FC.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 26-65** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00065-R00HB-05525-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/TOB/H/PDF/2026HB-05525-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aundre Bumgardner — primary (person)
- Devin R. Carney — primary (person)
- Gary A. Turco — primary (person)
- Greg S. Howard — primary (person)
- Heather S. Somers — primary (person)
- Hector Arzeno — primary (person)
- Hilda E. Santiago — primary (person)
- Irene M. Haines — primary (person)
- Jaime S. Foster — primary (person)
- Jane M. Garibay — primary (person)
- Jason Perillo — primary (person)
- John A. Kissel — primary (person)
- John Santanella — primary (person)
- John-michael Parker — primary (person)
- Jonathan Jacobson — primary (person)
- Josh Elliott — primary (person)
- Julie Kushner — primary (person)
- Kadeem Roberts — primary (person)
- Kaitlyn Shake — primary (person)
- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
- Laurie Sweet — primary (person)
- Maria P. Horn — primary (person)
- Martha Marx — primary (person)
- Michael "mj" Shannon — primary (person)
- Nicholas Menapace — primary (person)
- Nick Gauthier — primary (person)
- Patrick E. Callahan — primary (person)
- Paul Cicarella — primary (person)
- Renee Lamark Muir — primary (person)
- Rob Sampson — primary (person)
- Savet Constantine — primary (person)
- Stephen G. Harding — primary (person)
- Tami Zawistowski — primary (person)
- Tom Delnicki — primary (person)
- William Heffernan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-06** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** PUBLIC HEARING 0313
- **2026-03-18** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** 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 320
- **2026-04-07** FILE NO. 437
- **2026-04-27** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-27** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2026-04-27** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2026-04-28** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2026-04-28** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 472
- **2026-04-28** FILE NO. 737
- **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 26-65
- **2026-05-15** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2026-05-15** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-20** 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/e82fd3d9-b37c-4117-bd7e-59c8e32ed8a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).