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CT HB 5035

died on adjournment

AN ACT REQUIRING SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO BAN CELLULAR PHONES IN THE CLASSROOM.

Connecticut · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CT HB 5035 pass?

No. CT HB 5035 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-04-29): MOVED TO FOOT OF CAL., SENATE

What is CT HB 5035 about?

CT HB 5035 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “AN ACT REQUIRING SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO BAN CELLULAR PHONES IN THE CLASSROOM.”.

Who sponsors CT HB 5035?

Julie Kushner, Hilda E. Santiago, Larry Pemberton and 18 others are the primary sponsors of CT HB 5035.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-04-29 — MOVED TO FOOT OF CAL., SENATE
Bill type
bill
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Julie Kushnerprimary
  • Hilda E. Santiagoprimary
  • Larry Pembertonprimary
  • Jaime S. Fosterprimary
  • Renee Lamark Muirprimary
  • Tami Zawistowskiprimary
  • Kenneth Guckerprimary
  • Farley Santosprimary
  • Bob Godfreyprimary
  • Henry J. Gengaprimary
  • Anthony L. Nolanprimary
  • James Sanchezprimary
  • David Rutiglianoprimary
  • William Heffernanprimary
  • Cristin Mccarthy Vaheyprimary
  • Savet Constantineprimary
  • Nick Gauthierprimary
  • Jane M. Garibayprimary
  • Herron Gastonprimary
  • Laurie Sweetprimary
  • Saud Anwarprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2026-02-05

    REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Education

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-02-13

    PUBLIC HEARING 0220

  3. 2026-03-16

    Joint Favorable

    committee-passage-favorable

  4. 2026-03-19

    FILED WITH LCO

    filing

  5. 2026-03-30

    REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/07/26

    referral

  6. 2026-04-07

    RPTD. OUT OF LCO

  7. 2026-04-07

    FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR

    reading-2

  8. 2026-04-07

    HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 286

  9. 2026-04-07

    FILE NO. 402

  10. 2026-04-27

    HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A

    amendment-passage

  11. 2026-04-27

    HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B

    amendment-failure

  12. 2026-04-27

    HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A

    passage

  13. 2026-04-27

    IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE

  14. 2026-04-28

    FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.

    reading-2

  15. 2026-04-28

    SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 475

  16. 2026-04-28

    FILE NO. 726

  17. 2026-04-29

    MOVED TO FOOT OF CAL., SENATE

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Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB5035&which_year=2026

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T04:17:06.688050Z

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