---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO THE CONNECTICUT ANTITRUST ACT AND DISCOVERY CONDUCTED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN WHISTLE-BLOWER AND FALSE CLAIMS ACTIONS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO THE CONNECTICUT ANTITRUST ACT AND DISCOVERY CONDUCTED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN WHISTLE-BLOWER AND FALSE CLAIMS ACTIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 5252"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5252 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Antitrust Act", "Attorney General", "Discovery (Law)", "Subpoenas"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Delnicki, Tom", "Looney, Martin M.", "Rebimbas, Rosa C."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-26"
last_action: "2018-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dad61f2a-ba52-4d2b-bdc2-60bd593f52c1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "7a8767c96912bf99fd7ceb4e4d42b23b3d6402b8c59b1db67c24a01586285c93"
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 5252 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO THE CONNECTICUT ANTITRUST ACT AND DISCOVERY CONDUCTED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN WHISTLE-BLOWER AND FALSE CLAIMS ACTIONS.

## 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-05252-R00-HB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05252-R01-HB.htm)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote 65 — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote 278 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Looney, Martin M. — primary (person)
- Rebimbas, Rosa C. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-26** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05** PUBLIC HEARING 0309
- **2018-04-02** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-04-12** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/17/18
- **2018-04-18** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-18** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-04-18** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 374
- **2018-04-18** FILE NO. 562
- **2018-04-24** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-04-26** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-04-26** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 428
- **2018-05-08** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-05-08** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-15** PUBLIC ACT 18-22 `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/dad61f2a-ba52-4d2b-bdc2-60bd593f52c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).