In the House of Representatives since March 5, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
House Bill 5477
AN ACT CONCERNING THE WELL-BEING OF EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION AND PERSONS WHO ARE INCARCERATED IN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To institute various measures in correctional institutions concerning the reporting and investigation of sexual abuse incidents, including establishing a hotline for the reporting of such incidents, requiring additional training for correctional officers, modifying the crimes of sexual assault in the second and fourth degree, requiring the Department of Correction to submit additional legislative reports and penalizing Department of Correction employee failure to intervene or report sexual abuse, sexual assault or sexual contact.
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
18 co-sponsors
Lucy Dathan, Geraldo C. Reyes Jr., Nicholas Menapace, Nick Gauthier, John Santanella, Savet Constantine, Patrick Biggins, Michael D. Quinn, Kaitlyn Shake, David DeFronzo, Laurie Sweet, Stephen R. Meskers, Michael "MJ" Shannon Jr., Hector Arzeno, Anne M. Hughes, Amy Morrin Bello, Anthony L. Nolan, Jaime S. Foster
Its course
March 5 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 5 days
In the House of RepresentativesFrom Mar 5
Government Oversight CommitteeMar 5 to Mar 1712 days
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 Mar 5 – Mar 17
- Mar 5Introduced and sent to Government Oversight Committee
- Mar 6Heard in Government Oversight Committee
- Mar 17Government Oversight Committee recommended a substitute for it
All 9 actions, as published
- Mar 5REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Mar 6PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
- Mar 17Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
- Mar 17FILED 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