HB 5605 Connecticut House · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT CONCERNING MINOR REVISIONS TO THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT.

HB 5605, now Public Act 25-50, amends the Workers' Compensation Act with minor revisions. The bill's title indicates it updates existing provisions but does not specify the exact changes in the provided context. As a procedural bill without described policy details, it directly affects workers' compensation claims and related administrative processes in Connecticut. The summary cannot detail specific mechanisms or affected parties because the context lacks the bill's substantive text. The bill was signed into law on June 23, 2025.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

May 2025

Senate Passage

May 2025

Signed into Law

Jun 2025

Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Signed Jun 23, 2025

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What changed between versions

Proposed Bill → Committee Bill · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was renumbered from a proposed bill to a committee bill, indicating it has been reviewed by the legislature. The substantive content remains largely the same, focusing on amending the Workers' Compensation Act to remove obsolete language about Medicare conversion and updating fee schedules for medical and legal services.

TECHNICAL

Bill header changed from 'Proposed Bill No. 5605' to 'Committee Bill No. 5605' with updated LCO number from 1427 to 6128, indicating legislative processing status.

Section 1 was restructured to repeal and substitute subdivision (11) of section 31-280 with new formatting and effective date of July 1, 2025.

Removed the specific statement that 'The conversion to the Medicare resource-based relative value scale shall be revenue-neutral' from the original text.

REQUIREMENT

Added new language establishing fee schedules for medical services by October 1, 1993, with annual updates, including Medicare resource-based relative value scale implementation starting April 1, 2008.

Added guidelines for maximum legal fees payable by claimants for attorney services, to be issued by October 1, 1993, and published annually.

Floor votes · Senate May 30, 2025 · House May 8, 2025

How they voted

36–0

Passed

Total votes 36

May 30, 2025

D Democratic25

25 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican11

11 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Jun 23, 2025

Signed into law

SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

lower

May 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

SENATE PASSED

upper

May 8, 2025

Lower · Passed

HOUSE PASSED

lower

Mar 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

Joint Favorable

lower

Mar 19, 2025

Committee

REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Labor and Public Employees

lower

Mar 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Labor and Public Employees

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors