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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT CONCERNING INCREASED PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO TAX VIOLATIONS, A CONTINUING EDUCATION OPTION FOR CERTAIN EMBALMERS OR FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND THE IMPOSITION OF THE TOBACCO PRODUCTS TAX ON CIGARS."
+description: "AN ACT CONCERNING INCREASED PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO TAX VIOLATIONS, A CONTINUING EDUCATION OPTION FOR CERTAIN EMBALMERS OR FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND THE IMPOSITION OF THE TOBACCO PRODUCTS TAX ON CIGARS."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
+legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 5429"
+citation: "Connecticut HB 5429 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cigarette tax", "Embalmers", "Felonies", "Fines (Penalties)", "Funeral directors", "Sentence and punishment", "Tobacco products tax"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Fleischmann, Andrew M.", "Genga, Henry J.", "Somers, Heather B."]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-03-06"
+last_action: "2018-05-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ae3b14e-c8cf-4bdc-a513-11cf0f2f7dc1"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
+source_hash: "a7da05eaa797f9ecfc8314f7030adf3f9b454c41622ebcbe4fe8b8ddf15086b9"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ct"]
+---
+
+# Connecticut HB 5429 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING INCREASED PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO TAX VIOLATIONS, A CONTINUING EDUCATION OPTION FOR CERTAIN EMBALMERS OR FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND THE IMPOSITION OF THE TOBACCO PRODUCTS TAX ON CIGARS.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **R00** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05429-R00-HB.htm)
+2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05429-R01-HB.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Roll Call Vote 281 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Roll Call Vote 171 AS AMENDED — **133–12** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Fleischmann, Andrew M. — primary (person)
+- Genga, Henry J. — primary (person)
+- Somers, Heather B. — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-03-06** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Finance, Revenue and Bonding `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-12** PUBLIC HEARING 0316
+- **2018-04-05** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-06** FILED WITH LCO
+- **2018-04-16** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/23/18
+- **2018-04-23** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
+- **2018-04-23** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
+- **2018-04-23** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 417
+- **2018-04-23** FILE NO. 637
+- **2018-05-02** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
+- **2018-05-02** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
+- **2018-05-02** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
+- **2018-05-03** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
+- **2018-05-03** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 493
+- **2018-05-03** FILE NO. 673
+- **2018-05-08** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
+- **2018-05-08** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A
+- **2018-05-08** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
+- **2018-05-15** PUBLIC ACT 18-25 `became-law`
+- **2018-05-17** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
+- **2018-05-17** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
+- **2018-05-29** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ae3b14e-c8cf-4bdc-a513-11cf0f2f7dc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).
+