---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES' RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING STREAMLINING REPORTS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES' RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING STREAMLINING REPORTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 170"
citation: "Connecticut SB 170 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental Health and Addiction Services", "Department of", "Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Somers, Heather B."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7e9b3f3-ebd6-4c19-aff2-9bf9120906c3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "62f9d14eebe05176d86d39a0d24e0c764bb94a1fc2cd9713367320575a0c3875"
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 170 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES' RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING STREAMLINING REPORTS.

## 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-00170-R00-SB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/s/2018SB-00170-R01-SB.htm)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote 266 CONSENT CALENDAR — **150–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote 77 ADOPT — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Somers, Heather B. — 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 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-12** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-03-14** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/19/18
- **2018-03-20** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-03-20** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-03-20** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 53
- **2018-03-20** FILE NO. 22
- **2018-04-18** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-04-18** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2018-04-19** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-04-19** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 407
- **2018-05-08** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-05-08** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2018-05-08** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-17** PUBLIC ACT 18-39 `became-law`
- **2018-05-18** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-05-18** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2018-05-29** 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/d7e9b3f3-ebd6-4c19-aff2-9bf9120906c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).