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Proposed Connecticut Firearm Legislation HB05533

Legislation Overview

Title: An Act Concerning Protection Of Election Administration Processes, Elections Sites, Election Workers And Electors.

Description: To (1) establish prohibitions on certain conduct, including the possession of a firearm or deadly weapon, at or near certain elections-related locations, (2) impose criminal penalties for harassment of election workers and tampering with or unauthorized sharing of election equipment, and (3) allow for Attorney General involvement in matters relating to subpoenas, warrants, other requests and alleged interference with elections.

Session: 2026 General Assembly

Last Action: Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office

Last Action Date: April 17, 2026

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

9 sponsors: Government Administration and Elections Committee;Saud Anwar (D); Derek Slap (D); Matt Blumenthal (D); Nick Gauthier (D); Joshua Elliott (D); Kate Farrar (D); Laurie Sweet (D); Michael Shannon (D);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 6% (9 of 151)

History

Chamber	Date	Action
House	Apr 17, 2026	Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
House	Apr 17, 2026	Joint Favorable
House	Apr 14, 2026	Referred by House to Committee on Judiciary
House	Apr 9, 2026	Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
House	Apr 9, 2026	Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
House	Apr 9, 2026	House Calendar Number 368
House	Apr 9, 2026	File Number 548
House	Apr 2, 2026	Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/08/26 5:00 PM
House	Mar 23, 2026	Joint Favorable Substitute
House	Mar 23, 2026	Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
House	Mar 9, 2026	Public Hearing 03/13
House	Mar 6, 2026	Referred to Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections

Texts

Type	Date	State Link	Text
Comm Sub	Apr 9, 2026	state link	bill text
Introduced	Mar 5, 2026	state link	bill text

Amendments

Title	Description	Date	State Link	Text	Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time

Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

Description	Vote Date	Yea Votes	Nay Votes	No Votes	Absent	Passed
GAE Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute)	03/20/2026	13	6	0	0	Yes
Blumenthal, Matthew (D) Yea Bronko, Seth (R) Nay Carpino, Christie (R) Nay Flexer, Mae (D) Yea Foncello, Martin (R) Nay Gauthier, Nicholas (D) Yea Haddad, Gregory (D) Yea Honig, Paul (D) Yea Hoxha, Joe (R) Nay Johnson, Dominique (D) Yea Mastrofrancesco, Gale (R) Nay Menapace, Nicholas (D) Yea Morrin Bello, Amy (D) Yea Osborne, Melissa (D) Yea Rosario, Christopher (D) Yea Sampson, Robert (R) Nay Santiago, Hilda (D) Yea Shannon, Michael (D) Yea Winfield, Gary (D) Yea
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JUD Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable)	04/17/2026	27	12	0	2	Yes
Blumenthal, Matthew (D) Yea Brown, Marcus (D) Yea Cabrera, Jorge (D) Yea Callahan, Patrick (R) Nay Cicarella, Paul (R) Nay DeCaprio, Mark (R) Nay Delany, Hubert (D) Yea Dillon, Patricia (D) Yea Doucette, Jason (D) Yea Dubitsky, Douglas (R) Nay Elliott, Joshua (D) Yea Fazzino, Jonathan (D) Yea Fishbein, Craig (R) Nay Flexer, Mae (D) Yea Gadkar-Wilcox, Sujata (D) Yea Gaston, Herron (D) Yea Gilchrest, Jillian (D) Yea Godfrey, Bob (D) Yea Howard, Greg (R) Nay Jacobson, Jonathan (D) Yea Johnson, Dominique (D) Yea Khan, Maryam (D) Absent Kissel, John (R) Nay LaMark Muir, Mary (D) Yea Lesser, Matthew (D) Yea Maher, Cecilia (D) Yea Miller, Patricia (D) Yea O'Dea, Tom (R) Nay Osborne, Melissa (D) Absent Pavalock-D'Amato, Christine (R) Nay Perillo, Jason (R) Nay Quinn, Michael (D) Yea Rahman, MD (D) Yea Roberts, Kadeem (D) Yea Rutigliano, David (R) Nay Simms, Travis (D) Yea Stafstrom, Steven (D) Yea Veach, Donna (R) Nay Walker, Toni (D) Yea Wilson, Derell (D) Yea Winfield, Gary (D) Yea
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Link: link to state bill page