---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTION FEES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTION FEES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 5254"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5254 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child support enforcement", "Fees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cook, Michelle L.", "Gibson, Bobby G.", "Somers, Heather B.", "Stallworth, Charlie L."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-27"
last_action: "2018-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5d80336-32b6-4368-8015-3f3ddeec0dd1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "cb7cc245206260266b86b165ee17cc35541b479de80fa1785ca64113428ac7e4"
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 5254 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTION FEES.

## 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-05254-R00-HB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05254-R01-HB.htm)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote 356 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote 85 — **140–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cook, Michelle L. — primary (person)
- Gibson, Bobby G. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather B. — primary (person)
- Stallworth, Charlie L. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-27** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** PUBLIC HEARING 0306
- **2018-03-15** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-03-16** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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 82
- **2018-03-28** FILE NO. 68
- **2018-04-25** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-04-27** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-04-27** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 439
- **2018-05-09** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-05-09** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-22** PUBLIC ACT 18-98 `became-law`
- **2018-05-24** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-05-24** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2018-06-06** 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/e5d80336-32b6-4368-8015-3f3ddeec0dd1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).