---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING SPECIAL PAROLE FOR HIGH-RISK, VIOLENT AND SEXUAL OFFENDERS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING SPECIAL PAROLE FOR HIGH-RISK, VIOLENT AND SEXUAL OFFENDERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 14"
citation: "Connecticut SB 14 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal procedure", "Governor's bills", "Parole", "Presentence investigation of defendant", "Sex offenders", "Violent offenders"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aresimowicz, Joe", "Dubitsky, Doug", "Duff, Bob", "Looney, Martin M.", "Miller, Patricia Billie", "Ritter, Matthew", "Rosario, Christopher", "Somers, Heather B."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-08"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd4ffcb1-203a-44bb-af4b-1c7412cdcf6d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "cffe1a65ade302a7e21c7bd4f211f29f6ee12a2277d7aed845ef0a385e43ef05"
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 SB 14 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING SPECIAL PAROLE FOR HIGH-RISK, VIOLENT AND SEXUAL OFFENDERS.

## 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/s/2018SB-00014-R00-SB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/s/2018SB-00014-R01-SB.htm)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote 295 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote 290 — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aresimowicz, Joe — primary (person)
- Dubitsky, Doug — primary (person)
- Duff, Bob — primary (person)
- Looney, Martin M. — primary (person)
- Miller, Patricia Billie — primary (person)
- Ritter, Matthew — primary (person)
- Rosario, Christopher — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather B. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-08** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** PUBLIC HEARING 0328
- **2018-04-02** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** 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., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-04-17** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 331
- **2018-04-17** FILE NO. 546
- **2018-05-09** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-05-09** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2018-05-09** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2018-05-09** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2018-05-09** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-05-09** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-18** PUBLIC ACT 18-63 `became-law`
- **2018-05-22** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-05-22** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2018-06-04** 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/dd4ffcb1-203a-44bb-af4b-1c7412cdcf6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).