---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION."
description: "AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 183"
citation: "Connecticut SB 183 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Magnet schools", "Mentoring", "Seclusion", "Physical restraint", "School discipline", "School transportation", "State aid to education", "State Board of Education", "Teacher certification"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Candelaria, Juan R."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-21"
last_action: "2018-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a46094e-b1eb-4a88-836b-90bc15d354fe"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "49fe23c44947dd9ff90a33239a0830063be06cd8e40638b2945dad2b7201d740"
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 183 (2018) — AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

## 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-00183-R00-SB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/s/2018SB-00183-R01-SB.htm)
3. **R02** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/s/2018SB-00183-R02-SB.htm)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote 266 CONSENT CALENDAR — **150–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote 223 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Candelaria, Juan R. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-21** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** PUBLIC HEARING 0226
- **2018-03-19** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-22** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-03-29** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/04/18
- **2018-04-05** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-05** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-04-05** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 178
- **2018-04-05** FILE NO. 269
- **2018-04-17** REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ON Appropriations `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 Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-24** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-05-04** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-04** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-04** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2018-05-06** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-05-06** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 532
- **2018-05-08** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-08** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2018-05-08** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2018-05-08** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-17** PUBLIC ACT 18-51 `became-law`
- **2018-05-18** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-05-18** 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/0a46094e-b1eb-4a88-836b-90bc15d354fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).