---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE PARTICIPATION OF NONPROFIT ENTITIES IN WORKER COOPERATIVES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE PARTICIPATION OF NONPROFIT ENTITIES IN WORKER COOPERATIVES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 5442"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5442 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cooperatives", "Nonprofit organizations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Logan, George S.", "McCarthy Vahey, Cristin", "Reyes, Geraldo C."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-07"
last_action: "2018-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a9a6dc6-507a-4836-a8dc-7b867208310a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "883af504b38d44c0ed4d6d0d8aac3710e94bca4fe4408fc906ffd93ecc4c7843"
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 5442 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE PARTICIPATION OF NONPROFIT ENTITIES IN WORKER COOPERATIVES.

## 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-05442-R00-HB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05442-R01-HB.htm)
3. **R02** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05442-R02-HB.htm)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote 279 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote 63 — **149–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Logan, George S. — primary (person)
- McCarthy Vahey, Cristin — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-07** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** PUBLIC HEARING 0320
- **2018-03-22** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-26** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-04-03** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/09/18
- **2018-04-10** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-10** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-04-10** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 247
- **2018-04-10** FILE NO. 373
- **2018-04-17** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-18** 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 Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-18** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2018-04-24** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-04-26** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-04-26** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 434
- **2018-05-08** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-05-08** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-15** PUBLIC ACT 18-27 `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/7a9a6dc6-507a-4836-a8dc-7b867208310a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).