Connecticut legislation · 2026 General Assembly
Connecticut HB5156: AN ACT CONCERNING A CLIMATE CHANGE SUPERFUND.
Status: In committee, March 23, 2026
What the bill says
An act concerning a climate change superfund. assembly convened.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT CONCERNING A CLIMATE CHANGE SUPERFUND. Assembly convened: Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2026) (a) For purposes of this section: (1) "Department" means the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection; (2) "Climate change adaptive infrastructure project" means an infrastructure project designed to avoid, moderate, repair or adapt to negative impacts caused by climate change and to assist communities, households and businesses in preparing for future climate changedriven disruptions, including, but not limited to, restoring coastal wetlands and developing other nature-based solutions and coastal protections, upgrading stormwater drainage systems, making defensive upgrades to roads, bridges, railroads and transit systems, preparing for and recovering from extreme weather events, undertaking preventive health care programs and providing medical care to treat illness or injury caused by the effects of climate change, relocating, elevating or LCO No. 1079 1 of Raised Bill No. 5156 retrofitting sewage treatment plants and other infrastructure vulnerable to flooding, installing energy-efficient cooling systems and other weatherization and energy-efficiency upgrades and retrofits in public and private buildings, including schools and public housing, upgrading parts of the electrical grid to increase reliability and resilience, including supporting the creation of self-sufficient microgrids, addressing urban heat island effects through green spaces, urban forestry and other interventions and responding to toxic algae blooms, loss of agricultural topsoil, crop loss and other climate-driven ecosystem …
Sponsors
- Saud Anwar (D, 3) · primary sponsor
- Steven Winter (D, 94)
- Anne Hughes (D, 135)
- Joshua Elliott (D, 88)
- Geraldo Reyes (D, 75)
- Mary Mushinsky (D, 85)
- Kenneth Gucker (D, 138)
- Nicholas Menapace (D, 37)
- Eleni Kavros DeGraw (D, 17)
- Anthony Nolan (D, 39)
- Laurie Sweet (D, 91)
- Nicholas Gauthier (D, 38)
Latest actions
- : File Number 104
- : House Calendar Number 98
- : Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
- : Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
- : Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/23/26 12:00 PM
- : Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
- : Joint Favorable
- : Public Hearing 02/20
- : Referred to Joint Committee on Environment
Votes
- ENV Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable) (March 4, 2026): 23 yea, 10 nay, passed
Subjects: Climate change, Energy and Environmental Protection, Department of, State funds
Common questions
- What is HB5156?
- HB5156 is a bill in the Connecticut Legislature (2026 General Assembly): AN ACT CONCERNING A CLIMATE CHANGE SUPERFUND.
- What does HB5156 do?
- In its own words: An act concerning a climate change superfund. assembly convened.
- What is the status of HB5156?
- In committee as of March 23, 2026. Latest action: File Number 104 (March 23, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB5156?
- Saud Anwar (D, 3), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB5156?
- On the Connecticut Legislature website: https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB05156&which_year=2026
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