---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE BODY-WORN RECORDING EQUIPMENT TASK FORCE."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE BODY-WORN RECORDING EQUIPMENT TASK FORCE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 5475"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5475 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electronic surveillance", "Reports", "Task forces", "Police misconduct"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elliott, Josh", "Flexer, Mae", "Gomes, Edwin A.", "Hennessy, John \"Jack\" F.", "McCrory, Douglas", "McGee, Brandon L.", "Porter, Robyn A.", "Rosario, Christopher", "Santiago, Ezequiel", "Stafstrom, Steven J.", "Stallworth, Charlie L.", "Walker, Toni E.", "Winfield, Gary A."]
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/50f1daa4-b1e0-486e-8277-7f3188019f82"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "1de723b33416aecd45ed2aac6cb7540652bdc83f4cdda0324a783cc17a69f823"
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 5475 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE BODY-WORN RECORDING EQUIPMENT TASK FORCE.

## 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-05475-R00-HB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05475-R01-HB.htm)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote 306 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote 244 AS AMENDED — **145–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Elliott, Josh — primary (person)
- Flexer, Mae — primary (person)
- Gomes, Edwin A. — primary (person)
- Hennessy, John "Jack" F. — primary (person)
- McCrory, Douglas — primary (person)
- McGee, Brandon L. — primary (person)
- Porter, Robyn A. — primary (person)
- Rosario, Christopher — primary (person)
- Santiago, Ezequiel — primary (person)
- Stafstrom, Steven J. — primary (person)
- Stallworth, Charlie L. — primary (person)
- Walker, Toni E. — primary (person)
- Winfield, Gary A. — 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
- **2018-04-04** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-04-13** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/18/18
- **2018-04-19** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-19** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-04-19** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 389
- **2018-04-19** FILE NO. 588
- **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 542
- **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 18-187 `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/50f1daa4-b1e0-486e-8277-7f3188019f82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).