---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVISIONS TO ITS STATUTES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVISIONS TO ITS STATUTES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 165"
citation: "Connecticut SB 165 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Technical corrections bills", "Developmental Services", "Department of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Betts, Whit", "Case, Jay M.", "Petit, William A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8815bf6-bb52-4af1-b98c-088855fccd52"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "a7287269aafe7878a3f24d90b4b2105ae4b6c8fce3ac6218e1c1add7f57cd637"
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 165 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVISIONS TO ITS STATUTES.

## 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-00165-R00-SB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/s/2018SB-00165-R01-SB.htm)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote 254 CONSENT CALENDAR — **149–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote 79 ADOPT — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Betts, Whit — primary (person)
- Case, Jay M. — primary (person)
- Petit, William A. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** PUBLIC HEARING 0228
- **2018-03-09** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-12** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-03-22** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/27/18
- **2018-03-28** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-03-28** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-03-28** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 72
- **2018-03-28** FILE NO. 88
- **2018-04-18** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-04-18** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-04-18** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2018-04-19** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-04-19** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 406
- **2018-05-07** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-07** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2018-05-07** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2018-05-07** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-16** PUBLIC ACT 18-32 `became-law`
- **2018-05-17** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-05-17** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2018-05-24** 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/f8815bf6-bb52-4af1-b98c-088855fccd52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).