---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT DECREASING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION ON EQUITY AND OPPORTUNITY."
description: "AN ACT DECREASING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION ON EQUITY AND OPPORTUNITY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 178"
citation: "Connecticut SB 178 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Equity and Opportunity", "Commission on"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Government Administration and Elections Committee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-21"
last_action: "2018-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ce4f63d-4e0e-40e7-8bae-5cd00a417047"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "e4bb53bd78c773b6fe17d2d537a5efcd900773f15cd7249eed0a6272113f242d"
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 178 (2018) — AN ACT DECREASING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION ON EQUITY AND OPPORTUNITY.

## 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-00178-R00-SB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/s/2018SB-00178-R01-SB.htm)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote 302 CONSENT CALENDAR — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote 78 ADOPT — **33–0** (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 Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-12** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-03-16** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/21/18
- **2018-03-22** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-03-22** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-03-22** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 61
- **2018-03-22** FILE NO. 31
- **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 408
- **2018-05-09** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-05-09** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2018-05-09** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-18** PUBLIC ACT 18-65 `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/9ce4f63d-4e0e-40e7-8bae-5cd00a417047`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).