---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AUDITORS OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS."
description: "AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AUDITORS OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 175"
citation: "Connecticut SB 175 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Auditors of public accounts", "Brokered Transactions Guaranty Fund", "Child day care", "Ethics code for public officials", "Foundations for state agencies", "Lobbyists", "Personal service agreements", "Quasi-public agencies", "Reports", "Sheriffs", "State agencies", "State employees", "Capital Region Development Authority", "Early Childhood", "Office of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berthel, Eric C.", "Floren, Livvy R.", "McLachlan, Michael A.", "Steinberg, Jonathan", "Witkos, Kevin D."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-21"
last_action: "2018-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83b8961b-5df9-4202-a677-a275359c8a51"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "01aa55f8c310c0d7ea0236c134230a789e087da3d40665d2a593544622221065"
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 175 (2018) — AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AUDITORS OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.

## 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-00175-R00-SB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/s/2018SB-00175-R01-SB.htm)
3. **R02** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/s/2018SB-00175-R02-SB.htm)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote 264 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote 281 AS AMENDED — **150–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berthel, Eric C. — primary (person)
- Floren, Livvy R. — primary (person)
- McLachlan, Michael A. — primary (person)
- Steinberg, Jonathan — primary (person)
- Witkos, Kevin D. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-21** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** PUBLIC HEARING 0226
- **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 74
- **2018-03-28** FILE NO. 90
- **2018-04-17** REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ON Finance, Revenue and Bonding `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-24** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-24** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-04-24** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-24** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Finance, Revenue and Bonding `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-24** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-05-08** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-08** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-08** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2018-05-08** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2018-05-08** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-05-08** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 582
- **2018-05-09** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-09** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2018-05-09** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-24** PUBLIC ACT 18-137 `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/83b8961b-5df9-4202-a677-a275359c8a51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).