---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE ALIGNMENT OF THE COORDINATED STATE-WIDE READING PLAN WITH THE STATE'S TWO-GENERATIONAL INITIATIVE."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE ALIGNMENT OF THE COORDINATED STATE-WIDE READING PLAN WITH THE STATE'S TWO-GENERATIONAL INITIATIVE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 5335"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5335 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Reading", "State aid programs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abercrombie, Catherine F.", "Adams, Terry B.", "Cassano, Steve", "Cummings, Stephanie E.", "Currey, Jeff", "Duff, Bob", "Floren, Livvy R.", "Frey, John H.", "Johnson, Susan M.", "Lavielle, Gail", "McCarty, Kathleen M.", "Osten, Catherine A.", "Rovero, Daniel S.", "Somers, Heather B.", "Stallworth, Charlie L.", "Wood, Terrie E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-01"
last_action: "2018-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fafaab29-19c1-4fb4-a41f-b79159f810bc"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "5518856e23df37990502b9a7f1f4a8656c6bc3cf3e931a13fa712b38ec403ddf"
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 5335 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE ALIGNMENT OF THE COORDINATED STATE-WIDE READING PLAN WITH THE STATE'S TWO-GENERATIONAL INITIATIVE.

## 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-05335-R00-HB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05335-R01-HB.htm)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote 350 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote 37 — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abercrombie, Catherine F. — primary (person)
- Adams, Terry B. — primary (person)
- Cassano, Steve — primary (person)
- Cummings, Stephanie E. — primary (person)
- Currey, Jeff — primary (person)
- Duff, Bob — primary (person)
- Floren, Livvy R. — primary (person)
- Frey, John H. — primary (person)
- Johnson, Susan M. — primary (person)
- Lavielle, Gail — primary (person)
- McCarty, Kathleen M. — primary (person)
- Osten, Catherine A. — primary (person)
- Rovero, Daniel S. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather B. — primary (person)
- Stallworth, Charlie L. — primary (person)
- Wood, Terrie E. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-01** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** PUBLIC HEARING 0308
- **2018-03-14** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-03-26** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/03/18
- **2018-04-03** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-03** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-04-03** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 121
- **2018-04-03** FILE NO. 150
- **2018-04-11** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-04-13** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-04-13** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 309
- **2018-05-09** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-05-09** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-24** PUBLIC ACT 18-129 `became-law`
- **2018-05-29** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-05-29** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2018-06-11** 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/fafaab29-19c1-4fb4-a41f-b79159f810bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).