Connecticut HB 5534: AN ACT REMOVING THE COMBINED PUBLIC BENEFIT CHARGE, LIMITING RATES ALLOWED UNDER CERTAIN POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS, AMENDING THE DEFINITION OF CLASS I RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES, SEPARATING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ELIMINATING CERTAIN ELECTRICITY INCENTIVE PROGRAMS AND REQUIRING A STUDY OF METHODS TO INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF NATURAL GAS.

Status: REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Energy and Technology (as of 2025-01-21)

State: Connecticut · Session: 2025 · Bill: HB 5534

Subjects: Electric distribution companies, Electric vehicles, Hydroelectric power, Nuclear energy, Rebates

Sponsors: Joe Canino

Bill Text

Substitute House Bill No. 5534

Public Act No. 26-67

AN ACT DESIGNATING THE STATE AS THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB MOVEMENT, THE STATE AMPHIBIAN
AND THE STATE ROCK.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2026) The state of Connecticut
shall be known as the birthplace of the Boys and Girls Club movement,
which began in Hartford in 1860 with the founding of the Dashaway
Club by Mary Goodwin, Alice Goodwin, Elizabeth Hamersley and
Louisa Bushnell, to provide boys with safe, positive and productive
opportunities.
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2026) The spring peeper, Pseudacris
crucifer, shall be the state amphibian.
Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2026) Housatonic marble shall be
the state rock.

Governor's Action:
Approved May 19, 2026

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