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HB05146 • 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF THE REMEDIATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF BROWNFIELDS IN THIS STATE.

AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF THE REMEDIATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF BROWNFIELDS IN THIS STATE.

Energy
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Commerce Committee
Last action
2026-05-19
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Checked against official source text during the last sync.

Study on Cleaning and Using Old Industrial Sites

This law requires a working group to study how contaminated land can be cleaned up and developed.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the brownfields working group, with help from state commissioners, to study cleaning and development of these sites.
  • Allows the group to ask for data needed to finish their research.
  • Sets a deadline of January 1, 2027, for finishing the report.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The brownfields working group
  • The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development
  • The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection

Limits and Unknowns

  • This law only orders a study; it does not provide money or rules for actually cleaning the sites.
  • The final report will be sent to lawmakers, but this text does not say what actions they must take after reading it.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-19 Connecticut General Assembly

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2026-05-14 Connecticut General Assembly

    Transmitted to the Secretary of State

  3. 2026-05-14 Connecticut General Assembly

    Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor

  4. 2026-05-11 LCO

    Special Act 26-7

  5. 2026-05-04 Connecticut General Assembly

    Senate Passed

  6. 2026-05-04 Connecticut General Assembly

    On Consent Calendar / In Concurrence

  7. 2026-04-13 Connecticut General Assembly

    Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate

  8. 2026-04-13 Connecticut General Assembly

    Senate Calendar Number 377

  9. 2026-04-09 Connecticut General Assembly

    House Passed

  10. 2026-03-19 LCO

    Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office

  11. 2026-03-19 Connecticut General Assembly

    Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House

  12. 2026-03-19 Connecticut General Assembly

    House Calendar Number 78

  13. 2026-03-19 LCO

    File Number 86

  14. 2026-03-13 LCO

    Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/18/26 5:00 PM

  15. 2026-03-05 CE

    Joint Favorable Substitute

  16. 2026-03-05 LCO

    Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office

  17. 2026-02-13 Connecticut General Assembly

    Public Hearing 02/17

  18. 2026-02-11 Connecticut General Assembly

    Referred to Joint Committee on Commerce

Official Summary Text

To require the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development to study issues related to the remediation and development of brownfields in the state.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
Substitute House Bill No. 5146

Special Act No. 26-7

AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF THE REMEDIATION AND
DEVELOPMENT OF BROWNFIELDS IN THIS STATE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) The brownfields working group
established pursuant to section 32 -770 of the general statutes, in
consultation with the Commissioner of Economic and Community
Development and the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental
Protection, shall conduct a stu dy of issues relating to the remediation
and development of brownfields in this state, including, but not limited
to, any such issues caused by the implementation of the release -based
cleanup program established pursuant t o chapter 445b of the general
statutes.
(b) The working group may request any data or other information
required to conduct such study from the Commissioner of Economic
and Community Development and the Commissioner of Energy and
Environmental Protection.
(c) Not later than January 1, 2027, the working group shall submit a
report on the results of such study to the joint standing committees of
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to
commerce and the environment, in accordance with the provisions of
Substitute House Bill No. 5146

Special Act No. 26-7 2 of 2

section 11-4a of the general statutes.