---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE KILLING OR INJURING OF SEEING EYE DOGS AND ASSISTANCE DOGS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE KILLING OR INJURING OF SEEING EYE DOGS AND ASSISTANCE DOGS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 5503"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5503 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Damages", "Dogs", "Guide dogs and assistance dogs", "Liability"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Betts, Whit", "Borer, Dorinda", "Buckbee, Bill", "Carpino, Christie M.", "Cassano, Steve", "Cheeseman, Holly H.", "Cook, Michelle L.", "Cummings, Stephanie E.", "Fleischmann, Andrew M.", "Floren, Livvy R.", "Genga, Henry J.", "Hwang, Tony", "Klarides-Ditria, Nicole", "Kupchick, Brenda L.", "Logan, George S.", "Martin, Henri", "Morris, Bruce V.", "Pavalock-D'Amato, Cara Christine", "Petit, William A.", "Rovero, Daniel S.", "Rutigliano, David", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Serra, Joseph C.", "Somers, Heather B.", "Zawistowski, Tami"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-09"
last_action: "2018-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/516d03f2-4da0-4658-9d16-31f525506d56"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "44ec1654ed3c6c5619f378bf0a5320e1c5fc9f8fb2e8ca93f768fc00cdbe8470"
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 5503 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE KILLING OR INJURING OF SEEING EYE DOGS AND ASSISTANCE DOGS.

## 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-05503-R00-HB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05503-R01-HB.htm)
3. **R02** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05503-R02-HB.htm)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote 163 AS AMENDED — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote 373 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Betts, Whit — primary (person)
- Borer, Dorinda — primary (person)
- Buckbee, Bill — primary (person)
- Carpino, Christie M. — primary (person)
- Cassano, Steve — primary (person)
- Cheeseman, Holly H. — primary (person)
- Cook, Michelle L. — primary (person)
- Cummings, Stephanie E. — primary (person)
- Fleischmann, Andrew M. — primary (person)
- Floren, Livvy R. — primary (person)
- Genga, Henry J. — primary (person)
- Hwang, Tony — primary (person)
- Klarides-Ditria, Nicole — primary (person)
- Kupchick, Brenda L. — primary (person)
- Logan, George S. — primary (person)
- Martin, Henri — primary (person)
- Morris, Bruce V. — primary (person)
- Pavalock-D'Amato, Cara Christine — primary (person)
- Petit, William A. — primary (person)
- Rovero, Daniel S. — primary (person)
- Rutigliano, David — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Serra, Joseph C. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather B. — primary (person)
- Zawistowski, Tami — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-09** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Planning and Development `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12** PUBLIC HEARING 0316
- **2018-03-26** 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 252
- **2018-04-10** FILE NO. 378
- **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
- **2018-05-02** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-02** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2018-05-02** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2018-05-03** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-05-03** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 500
- **2018-05-03** FILE NO. 676
- **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
- **2018-05-24** PUBLIC ACT 18-131 `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/516d03f2-4da0-4658-9d16-31f525506d56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).