---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF TIMELY NOTICE OF CHILD PLACEMENT INFORMATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO THE ATTORNEY OR GUARDIAN AD LITEM REPRESENTING THE CHILD IN A CHILD PROTECTION MATTER."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF TIMELY NOTICE OF CHILD PLACEMENT INFORMATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO THE ATTORNEY OR GUARDIAN AD LITEM REPRESENTING THE CHILD IN A CHILD PROTECTION MATTER."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 5470"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5470 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Families", "Department of", "Child placement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fishbein, Craig C.", "Fusco, John", "Somers, Heather B.", "Tweedie, Mark", "Wilson, David T."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-07"
last_action: "2018-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d24fe4e-3595-4e03-b937-ee4e771407be"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "22d6a375d13ff156edda3a89ff42b8e5a818fb5b4ee4252e2135159bd82fa8a0"
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 5470 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF TIMELY NOTICE OF CHILD PLACEMENT INFORMATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO THE ATTORNEY OR GUARDIAN AD LITEM REPRESENTING THE CHILD IN A CHILD PROTECTION MATTER.

## 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-05470-R00-HB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05470-R01-HB.htm)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote 224 AS AMENDED — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote 324 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fishbein, Craig C. — primary (person)
- Fusco, John — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather B. — primary (person)
- Tweedie, Mark — primary (person)
- Wilson, David T. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-07** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** PUBLIC HEARING 0314
- **2018-03-28** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** 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 321
- **2018-04-12** FILE NO. 450
- **2018-05-04** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-04** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2018-05-04** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2018-05-05** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-05-05** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 525
- **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 18-186 `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/1d24fe4e-3595-4e03-b937-ee4e771407be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).