---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT REQUIRING THE REPORTING OF CERTAIN GIFTS TO THE STATE UNDER THE CODE OF ETHICS FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS."
description: "AN ACT REQUIRING THE REPORTING OF CERTAIN GIFTS TO THE STATE UNDER THE CODE OF ETHICS FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 176"
citation: "Connecticut SB 176 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ethics code for public officials", "State employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Government Administration and Elections Committee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-21"
last_action: "2018-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e6038cb-3649-4978-86e8-009aa4c18681"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "4090e896e3c4e9da6cb0be906a8f403c1ab1c1988c1f5ca652e89eafe594de93"
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 176 (2018) — AN ACT REQUIRING THE REPORTING OF CERTAIN GIFTS TO THE STATE UNDER THE CODE OF ETHICS FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS.

## 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-00176-R00-SB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/s/2018SB-00176-R01-SB.htm)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote 305 — **149–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote 331 PASS — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Government Administration and Elections Committee — 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 `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 55
- **2018-03-20** FILE NO. 24
- **2018-05-09** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **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 18-64 `became-law`
- **2018-05-22** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-05-22** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2018-06-01** 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/6e6038cb-3649-4978-86e8-009aa4c18681`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).