---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT REQUIRING A STUDY OF POST-SALE WARRANTY WORK REIMBURSEMENT FOR POWER EQUIPMENT DEALERS."
description: "AN ACT REQUIRING A STUDY OF POST-SALE WARRANTY WORK REIMBURSEMENT FOR POWER EQUIPMENT DEALERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 5191"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5191 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Protection Department", "Equipment", "Farm", "forestry", "yard and garden equipment dealers and suppliers", "Reports", "Studies", "Warranties"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martin, Henri", "Orange, Linda A.", "Siegrist, Robert W.", "Somers, Heather B.", "Witkos, Kevin D.", "Ziobron, Melissa H."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-22"
last_action: "2018-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3e78029-774f-4d86-b15c-e0e1539fadb2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "11927a09d50fbaecf9a60240332a8be671e26112549477974cb113c90f3d09fe"
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 5191 (2018) — AN ACT REQUIRING A STUDY OF POST-SALE WARRANTY WORK REIMBURSEMENT FOR POWER EQUIPMENT DEALERS.

## 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-05191-R00-HB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05191-R01-HB.htm)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote 254 CONSENT CALENDAR — **149–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote 392 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Martin, Henri — primary (person)
- Orange, Linda A. — primary (person)
- Siegrist, Robert W. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather B. — primary (person)
- Witkos, Kevin D. — primary (person)
- Ziobron, Melissa H. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-22** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON General Law `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** PUBLIC HEARING 0227
- **2018-03-20** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-20** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-03-28** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/03/18
- **2018-04-04** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-04** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-04-04** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 131
- **2018-04-04** FILE NO. 172
- **2018-05-07** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-07** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2018-05-07** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2018-05-07** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2018-05-07** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-05-07** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 553
- **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
- **2018-05-30** SPECIAL ACT 18-27
- **2018-05-31** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-05-31** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2018-06-13** 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/a3e78029-774f-4d86-b15c-e0e1539fadb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).