Connecticut 2025 Regular Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 49 D · 7 R cosponsors

HB 5557 — AN ACT DESIGNATING A CERTAIN DAY OF EACH YEAR FOR CELEBRATION OF DIWALI, THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS.

Last action — REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections

Sponsors

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56 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 131 not signed on

Sponsors (56)

Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (131)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 5557?
HB 5557 is sponsored by Josh Elliott (Democratic), James Sanchez (Democratic), Kadeem Roberts (Democratic), Corey P. Paris (Democratic), Hilda E. Santiago (Democratic), Savet Constantine (Democratic), Jonathan Jacobson (Democratic), Kate Farrar (Democratic), Gary A. Turco (Democratic), Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox (Democratic), Derek Slap (Democratic), William Heffernan (Democratic), Michael "MJ" Shannon (Democratic), Nicholas Menapace (Democratic), Julie Kushner (Democratic), Matthew L. Lesser (Democratic), David Rutigliano (Republican), Ceci Maher (Democratic), Christine Cohen (Democratic), Paul Honig (Democratic), MD Rahman (Democratic), Kerry S. Wood (Democratic), Jennifer Leeper (Democratic), Patrick Biggins (Democratic), Patricia A. Dillon (Democratic), Joseph P. Gresko (Democratic), Tom Delnicki (Republican), Mike Demicco (Democratic), Sarah Keitt (Democratic), Kaitlyn Shake (Democratic), Saud Anwar (Democratic), Kai J. Belton (Democratic), Anthony L. Nolan (Democratic), Anne M. Hughes (Democratic), Amy Morrin Bello (Democratic), Cara Christine Pavalock-D'Amato (Republican), Eleni Kavros DeGraw (Democratic), Robin E. Comey (Democratic), Dominique Johnson (Democratic), Jillian Gilchrest (Democratic), Tracy Marra (Republican), Lucy Dathan (Democratic), Jaime S. Foster (Democratic), Aimee Berger-Girvalo (Democratic), Jane M. Garibay (Democratic), Travis Simms (Democratic), Frank Smith (Democratic), Rob Sampson (Republican), Jill Barry (Democratic), Hector Arzeno (Democratic), Tammy R. Exum (Democratic), Martin M. Looney (Democratic), Tina Courpas (Republican), Paul Cicarella (Republican), and Eilish Collins Main (Democratic).
What is the current status of HB 5557?
This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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