l9n/ Connecticut

2026 Regular Session

House Bill 5316

AN ACT PROHIBITING REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS FROM ACQUIRING OR INCREASING OPERATIONAL CONTROL OVER HOSPITALS OR HEALTH SYSTEMS AND PROHIBITING HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS FROM ENTERING INTO SALE-LEASEBACK FINANCING TRANSACTIONS.

In the House of Representatives's Public Health Committee since March 31, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To prohibit (1) a real estate investment trust from acquiring or increasing operational control over a hospital or health system, and (2) a hospital or health system from entering into a sale-leaseback transaction involving hospital or health system-owned real property that constitutes the main campus of a hospital.

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

2 co-sponsors

Tom Delnicki, Fred Gee Jr.

In the Senate

    2 co-sponsors

    Martin M. Looney, Eric C. Berthel

    Its course

    February 26 to March 31, 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 action10 actions on 6 days

    In the House of RepresentativesFrom Feb 26

    Banking CommitteeFeb 26 to Mar 1012 days

    Public Health CommitteeFrom Mar 31

    Votes

    Yeas to nays, as the General Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

    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 26 – Mar 31

    1. Feb 26Introduced and sent to Banking Committee
    2. Feb 27Heard in Banking Committee
    3. Mar 10Banking Committee recommended it
    4. Mar 31Sent to Public Health Committee
    All 10 actions, as published
    1. Feb 26REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 27PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 10Joint FavorableBoth houses
    4. Mar 10FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Mar 18REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    6. Mar 24RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    7. Mar 24FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    8. Mar 24HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
    9. Mar 24FILE NO.Both houses
    10. Mar 31REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ONHouse of Representatives