---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING STATE V. MCCAHILL."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING STATE V. MCCAHILL."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 5477"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5477 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Convicted persons", "Criminal procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Candelora, Vincent J.", "Klarides, Themis", "Klarides-Ditria, Nicole", "Polletta, Joe", "Rutigliano, David", "Somers, Heather B.", "Ziobron, Melissa H."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-07"
last_action: "2018-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cc1e91e-0a48-4d77-a78c-1ccea454cef9"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "49a80ecee4582603ae6768a78c766fe8358c38c37253457ae5a862035ed8782b"
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 5477 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING STATE V. MCCAHILL.

## 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-05477-R00-HB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05477-R01-HB.htm)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote 367 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote 152 — **140–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Candelora, Vincent J. — primary (person)
- Klarides, Themis — primary (person)
- Klarides-Ditria, Nicole — primary (person)
- Polletta, Joe — primary (person)
- Rutigliano, David — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather B. — primary (person)
- Ziobron, Melissa H. — 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
- **2018-04-09** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/16/18
- **2018-04-16** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-16** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-04-16** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 343
- **2018-04-16** FILE NO. 500
- **2018-05-01** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-05-03** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-05-03** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 488
- **2018-05-09** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-05-09** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-24** PUBLIC ACT 18-127 `became-law`
- **2018-05-29** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-05-29** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2018-06-11** 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/7cc1e91e-0a48-4d77-a78c-1ccea454cef9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).