In the House of Representatives since February 19, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
House Bill 5248
AN ACT CONCERNING ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND TRANSMISSION PLANNING.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To (1) allow the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to adopt efficiency standards for certain new products if determined necessary by the commissioner, and (2) require the Connecticut Siting Council to consider future electric grid reliability needs when determining whether to approve certain facilities.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
February 19 to April 2, 2026, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action9 actions on 6 days
In the House of RepresentativesFrom Feb 19
Energy and Technology CommitteeFeb 19 to Mar 1726 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the General Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
Energy and Technology Committee18–8
Mar 17
Who voted how
Yea Anne M. Hughes, Aundre Bumgardner, Ceci Maher, Douglas McCrory, Jaime S. Foster, James J. Maroney, James Sanchez, Jonathan Steinberg, Jorge Cabrera, Joseph P. Gresko, Maria P. Horn, Mary M. Mushinsky, Mike Demicco, Nick Gauthier, Norman Needleman, Raghib Allie-Brennan, Savet Constantine, Steven Winter
Nay Arnold Jensen, Bill Buckbee, Dave W. Yaccarino, Jason Buchsbaum, Joe Canino, John E. Piscopo, Ryan Fazio, Tracy Marra
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Feb 19 – Mar 17
- Feb 19Introduced and sent to Energy and Technology Committee
- Feb 20Heard in Energy and Technology Committee
- Mar 17Energy and Technology Committee recommended it
All 9 actions, as published
- Feb 19REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Feb 20PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
- Mar 17Joint FavorableBoth houses
- Mar 18FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
- Mar 27REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
- Apr 2RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
- Apr 2FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
- Apr 2HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
- Apr 2FILE NO.Both houses