---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT IMPOSING A SURCHARGE ON CERTAIN INSURANCE POLICIES AND ESTABLISHING THE HEALTHY HOMES FUND."
description: "AN ACT IMPOSING A SURCHARGE ON CERTAIN INSURANCE POLICIES AND ESTABLISHING THE HEALTHY HOMES FUND."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 5209"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5209 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Grants by the state", "Health insurance rates", "Homeowners' insurance", "Long term care insurance", "Reports", "State funds", "Housing", "Department of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Currey, Jeff", "Delnicki, Tom", "Doyle, Paul R.", "Duff, Bob", "Flexer, Mae", "Hall, Joshua Malik", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Scanlon, Sean", "Vail, Kurt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-22"
last_action: "2018-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/152b3edd-0010-495f-98ec-6959054ef0bd"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "174188c4b58098d21ebd68e8578ad8e9172f9540da5cbfdde4da045f9011932d"
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 5209 (2018) — AN ACT IMPOSING A SURCHARGE ON CERTAIN INSURANCE POLICIES AND ESTABLISHING THE HEALTHY HOMES FUND.

## 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-05209-R00-HB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05209-R01-HB.htm)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote 292 PASS — **19–17** (fail) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote 233 HOUSE AMD B — **99–41** (pass) · lower
- House Roll Call Vote 234 AS AMENDED — **97–42** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Currey, Jeff — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Doyle, Paul R. — primary (person)
- Duff, Bob — primary (person)
- Flexer, Mae — primary (person)
- Hall, Joshua Malik — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Scanlon, Sean — primary (person)
- Vail, Kurt — 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 0301
- **2018-03-15** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-03-22** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/27/18
- **2018-03-28** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-03-28** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-03-28** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 75
- **2018-03-28** FILE NO. 61
- **2018-05-05** AMENDMENT WITHDRAWN HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-05** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B
- **2018-05-05** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B `passage`
- **2018-05-05** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2018-05-05** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-05-05** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 539
- **2018-05-09** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. B
- **2018-05-09** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. B
- **2018-05-09** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-30** PUBLIC ACT 18-160 `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/152b3edd-0010-495f-98ec-6959054ef0bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).