---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS AND THE PROVISION OF EARLY CHILDHOOD SERVICES BY THE OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS AND THE PROVISION OF EARLY CHILDHOOD SERVICES BY THE OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 5449"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5449 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Child care subsidies", "Child day care", "Early childhood education", "Reports", "School readiness programs", "Nurturing Families Network", "Early Childhood", "Office of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fleischmann, Andrew M.", "Floren, Livvy R.", "Genga, Henry J.", "Kokoruda, Noreen S.", "Lavielle, Gail", "Logan, George S.", "Riley, Emmett D.", "Sanchez, Robert", "Santiago, Hilda E."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-07"
last_action: "2018-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/400785b8-ba43-4e78-aa28-f699734c311c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "342b8593139c93259aa34617c0c1144030ae028869f1c658ff624a3d4b98ed10"
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 5449 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS AND THE PROVISION OF EARLY CHILDHOOD SERVICES BY THE OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD.

## 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-05449-R00-HB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05449-R01-HB.htm)
3. **R02** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05449-R02-HB.htm)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote 305 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote 242 AS AMENDED — **149–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fleischmann, Andrew M. — primary (person)
- Floren, Livvy R. — primary (person)
- Genga, Henry J. — primary (person)
- Kokoruda, Noreen S. — primary (person)
- Lavielle, Gail — primary (person)
- Logan, George S. — primary (person)
- Riley, Emmett D. — primary (person)
- Sanchez, Robert — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-07** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** PUBLIC HEARING 0314
- **2018-03-23** Joint Favorable Substitute `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 319
- **2018-04-12** FILE NO. 448
- **2018-04-18** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-24** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-24** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-04-24** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-24** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-24** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2018-05-07** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-07** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2018-05-07** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2018-05-07** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-05-07** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 541
- **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 18-184 `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/400785b8-ba43-4e78-aa28-f699734c311c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).