---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING INSURANCE ISSUES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING INSURANCE ISSUES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 5206"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5206 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Annuities", "Electronic records", "Fees", "Fraternal benefit societies", "Insurance companies", "Insurance Department", "Task forces"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Somers, Heather B."]
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/d0ec327a-28eb-487c-8b26-598f213209a3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "6c2ca8708971876dbdfe1d9e75928d69f28276257d76e3aea05227e89cf60e8a"
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 5206 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING INSURANCE ISSUES.

## 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-05206-R00-HB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05206-R01-HB.htm)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote 288 AS AMENDED — **149–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote 339 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Somers, Heather B. — 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
- **2018-03-20** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-03-29** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/04/18
- **2018-04-05** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-05** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-04-05** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 166
- **2018-04-05** FILE NO. 233
- **2018-05-09** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-09** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2018-05-09** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2018-05-09** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-05-09** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 562
- **2018-05-09** RULES SUSPENDED
- **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** PUBLIC ACT 18-158 `became-law`
- **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/d0ec327a-28eb-487c-8b26-598f213209a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).