---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT REQUIRING THE CONSIDERATION OF CREATING A PORTFOLIO STANDARD FOR THERMAL ENERGY IN THE NEXT INTEGRATED RESOURCES PLAN."
description: "AN ACT REQUIRING THE CONSIDERATION OF CREATING A PORTFOLIO STANDARD FOR THERMAL ENERGY IN THE NEXT INTEGRATED RESOURCES PLAN."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 5348"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5348 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Heating", "Renewable energy sources", "State regulations", "specific", "Public Utilities Regulatory Authority"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gresko, Joseph P.", "Logan, George S.", "Somers, Heather B.", "Young, Philip L."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-01"
last_action: "2018-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edfabecb-1ef8-4d58-b58d-7bfc3d9a6dab"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "5b6162f05cfc8f3b2affc7ac225fa64735b722c580e5d21736e632c9526d5f99"
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 5348 (2018) — AN ACT REQUIRING THE CONSIDERATION OF CREATING A PORTFOLIO STANDARD FOR THERMAL ENERGY IN THE NEXT INTEGRATED RESOURCES PLAN.

## 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-05348-R00-HB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05348-R01-HB.htm)
3. **R02** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05348-R02-HB.htm)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote 276 AS AMENDED — **147–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote 337 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gresko, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Logan, George S. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather B. — primary (person)
- Young, Philip L. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-01** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Energy and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** PUBLIC HEARING 0306
- **2018-03-20** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-20** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-03-29** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/04/18
- **2018-04-05** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-05** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-04-05** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 178
- **2018-04-05** FILE NO. 245
- **2018-04-10** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-17** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-18** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-04-18** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-18** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-18** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2018-05-09** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-09** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2018-05-09** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2018-05-09** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-05-09** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 558
- **2018-05-09** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2018-05-09** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-09** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-09** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-30** PUBLIC ACT 18-180 `became-law`
- **2018-06-01** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-06-01** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2018-06-14** 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/edfabecb-1ef8-4d58-b58d-7bfc3d9a6dab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).