---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT ALLOWING APPLICANTS FOR SECURITY OFFICER LICENSES TO WORK AS SECURITY OFFICERS."
description: "AN ACT ALLOWING APPLICANTS FOR SECURITY OFFICER LICENSES TO WORK AS SECURITY OFFICERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 5219"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5219 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Security personnel"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams, Terry B.", "Elliott, Josh", "Logan, George S.", "Lopes, Rick", "Morris, Bruce V.", "Somers, Heather B."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-22"
last_action: "2018-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5398d6ee-e050-4492-814d-4488c7203cc8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "a4b7abdf92a1380a79bcd29b88ed624761a5e37b685d3378a94dc05b0838916a"
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 5219 (2018) — AN ACT ALLOWING APPLICANTS FOR SECURITY OFFICER LICENSES TO WORK AS SECURITY OFFICERS.

## 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-05219-R00-HB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05219-R01-HB.htm)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote 99 AS AMENDED — **142–2** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote 284 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adams, Terry B. — primary (person)
- Elliott, Josh — primary (person)
- Logan, George S. — primary (person)
- Lopes, Rick — primary (person)
- Morris, Bruce V. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather B. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-22** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Safety and Security `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** PUBLIC HEARING 0227
- **2018-03-16** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-19** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-03-27** 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 133
- **2018-04-04** FILE NO. 174
- **2018-04-30** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-04-30** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2018-05-02** FILE NO. 665
- **2018-05-02** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-05-02** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 515
- **2018-05-08** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-08** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-08** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-15** PUBLIC ACT 18-20 `became-law`
- **2018-05-17** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-05-17** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2018-05-29** 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/5398d6ee-e050-4492-814d-4488c7203cc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).