---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE FAILURE TO FILE FOR CERTAIN GRAND LIST EXEMPTIONS, VALIDATING A CONNECTICUT GREEN BANK AGREEMENT AND CERTAIN ACTIONS OF THE CITY OF DERBY, CONCERNING PAYMENT OF A GRANT-IN-AID TO THE TOWN OF DARIEN AND THE CRITERIA OF CERTAIN MEMBERS OF SCHOOL GOVERNANCE COUNCILS AND EXTENDING A PROVISION CONCERNING REEMPLOYMENT OF CERTAIN TEACHERS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE FAILURE TO FILE FOR CERTAIN GRAND LIST EXEMPTIONS, VALIDATING A CONNECTICUT GREEN BANK AGREEMENT AND CERTAIN ACTIONS OF THE CITY OF DERBY, CONCERNING PAYMENT OF A GRANT-IN-AID TO THE TOWN OF DARIEN AND THE CRITERIA OF CERTAIN MEMBERS OF SCHOOL GOVERNANCE COUNCILS AND EXTENDING A PROVISION CONCERNING REEMPLOYMENT OF CERTAIN TEACHERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 5574"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5574 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bristol", "Darien", "Derby", "Grand lists", "New Britain", "Norwich", "Property tax exemptions", "Public officials", "State grants to municipalities", "Teacher retirement", "Wallingford", "School governance councils", "Connecticut Green Bank"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gibson, Bobby G.", "Osten, Catherine A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-21"
last_action: "2018-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8bb8653-1762-444e-b6eb-55b58f213407"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "9ce25739a3ab636a5b22251f1929fa29eb40cbee5c2b3c334cc6ae305a283cef"
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 5574 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE FAILURE TO FILE FOR CERTAIN GRAND LIST EXEMPTIONS, VALIDATING A CONNECTICUT GREEN BANK AGREEMENT AND CERTAIN ACTIONS OF THE CITY OF DERBY, CONCERNING PAYMENT OF A GRANT-IN-AID TO THE TOWN OF DARIEN AND THE CRITERIA OF CERTAIN MEMBERS OF SCHOOL GOVERNANCE COUNCILS AND EXTENDING A PROVISION CONCERNING REEMPLOYMENT OF CERTAIN TEACHERS.

## 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-05574-R00-HB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05574-R01-HB.htm)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote 286 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote 237 AS AMENDED — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gibson, Bobby G. — primary (person)
- Osten, Catherine A. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-21** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Finance, Revenue and Bonding `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-29** PUBLIC HEARING 0402
- **2018-04-05** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-04-11** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/16/18
- **2018-04-17** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-17** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-04-17** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 364
- **2018-04-17** FILE NO. 538
- **2018-05-05** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-05** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2018-05-05** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2018-05-05** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-05-05** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 538
- **2018-05-08** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-08** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-08** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-17** PUBLIC ACT 18-42 `became-law`
- **2018-05-18** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-05-18** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2018-05-31** 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/a8bb8653-1762-444e-b6eb-55b58f213407`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).