---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE OF REGISTRAR OF VOTERS AT REGULAR ELECTIONS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE OF REGISTRAR OF VOTERS AT REGULAR ELECTIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 5424"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5424 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Registrars of voters"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Betts, Whit", "Ferraro, Charles J.", "Genga, Henry J.", "Petit, William A.", "Somers, Heather B."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-05"
last_action: "2018-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/137261bd-8865-4f4f-b8b2-7e6938500467"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "6110b842e3256a1b80ca45aea923fde12f68c669aee2fae4000df09e0052fda8"
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 5424 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE OF REGISTRAR OF VOTERS AT REGULAR ELECTIONS.

## 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-05424-R00-HB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05424-R01-HB.htm)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote 204 — **145–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote 375 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Betts, Whit — primary (person)
- Ferraro, Charles J. — primary (person)
- Genga, Henry J. — primary (person)
- Petit, William A. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather B. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-05** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** PUBLIC HEARING 0315
- **2018-03-23** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-26** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-04-06** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/11/18
- **2018-04-12** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-12** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-04-12** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 313
- **2018-04-12** FILE NO. 442
- **2018-05-03** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-05-03** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2018-05-04** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-05-04** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 507
- **2018-05-09** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-05-09** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-23** PUBLIC ACT 18-120 `became-law`
- **2018-05-25** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-05-25** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2018-06-07** 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/137261bd-8865-4f4f-b8b2-7e6938500467`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).