---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING GUARDIANSHIP APPOINTMENTS FOR INDIVIDUALS SEEKING SPECIAL IMMIGRANT JUVENILE STATUS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING GUARDIANSHIP APPOINTMENTS FOR INDIVIDUALS SEEKING SPECIAL IMMIGRANT JUVENILE STATUS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 5185"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5185 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Age", "Children", "Guardian and ward", "Immigration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berger, Jeffrey J.", "Guerrera, Antonio", "Lesser, Matthew", "Somers, Heather B.", "Suzio, Len", "Urban, Diana S."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-22"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9621e3f3-84e3-487b-a91f-f00075613b4f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "946dc0b68b9211207bfd2814e888056c446e2468bcd15cbfad1f4be4f8b66864"
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 5185 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING GUARDIANSHIP APPOINTMENTS FOR INDIVIDUALS SEEKING SPECIAL IMMIGRANT JUVENILE STATUS.

## 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-05185-R00-HB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05185-R01-HB.htm)
3. **R02** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05185-R02-HB.htm)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote 43 HOUSE AMD B — **62–85** (fail) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote 315 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote 44 AS AMENDED — **143–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berger, Jeffrey J. — primary (person)
- Guerrera, Antonio — primary (person)
- Lesser, Matthew — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather B. — primary (person)
- Suzio, Len — primary (person)
- Urban, Diana S. — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-22** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Committee on Children `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** PUBLIC HEARING 0227
- **2018-03-01** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-03-09** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/14/18
- **2018-03-15** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-03-15** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-03-15** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 36
- **2018-03-15** FILE NO. 8
- **2018-04-10** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-11** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-04-11** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-12** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-12** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2018-04-18** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-04-18** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B
- **2018-04-18** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2018-04-20** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-04-20** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 372
- **2018-04-20** FILE NO. 621
- **2018-05-09** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-09** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-09** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-22** PUBLIC ACT 18-92 `became-law`
- **2018-05-23** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-05-23** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2018-06-04** 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/9621e3f3-84e3-487b-a91f-f00075613b4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).