---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONNECTICUT LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONNECTICUT LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 5205"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5205 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Annuities", "Connecticut Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act", "Health insurance", "Life insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Belsito, Sam", "Kelly, Kevin C.", "Sampson, Robert C."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-22"
last_action: "2018-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d7ab917-0c6e-468a-8675-3b56e2b1536d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "5dd1e3f2dc99701ca26df5dbc37fff0f20b108c9d065b0349a77fcb5a43778b5"
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 5205 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONNECTICUT LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION.

## 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-05205-R00-HB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05205-R01-HB.htm)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote 39 — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote 269 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Belsito, Sam — primary (person)
- Kelly, Kevin C. — primary (person)
- Sampson, Robert C. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-22** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Insurance and Real Estate `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** PUBLIC HEARING 0227
- **2018-03-15** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-03-26** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/03/18
- **2018-04-03** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-03** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-04-03** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 116
- **2018-04-03** FILE NO. 145
- **2018-04-11** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-04-13** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-04-13** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 311
- **2018-05-08** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-05-08** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-14** PUBLIC ACT 18-13 `became-law`
- **2018-05-17** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-05-17** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2018-05-25** 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/1d7ab917-0c6e-468a-8675-3b56e2b1536d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).