---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION LICENSE STREAMLINING."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION LICENSE STREAMLINING."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 194"
citation: "Connecticut SB 194 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charitable organizations", "Community association managers", "Consumer Protection Department", "Fees", "Sealed tickets"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rovero, Daniel S.", "Witkos, Kevin D."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-22"
last_action: "2018-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b18eea7-74a3-4692-bca9-c744d64c084a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "f37d3678596261621c07ccd6220a1417d567dd732a84981a590993cef5450de5"
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 194 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION LICENSE STREAMLINING.

## 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-00194-R00-SB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/s/2018SB-00194-R01-SB.htm)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote 94 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote 260 — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rovero, Daniel S. — primary (person)
- Witkos, Kevin D. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-22** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON General Law `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** PUBLIC HEARING 0227
- **2018-03-15** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** 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 78
- **2018-03-28** FILE NO. 94
- **2018-04-25** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-04-25** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2018-04-26** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-04-26** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 456
- **2018-05-08** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-05-08** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-17** PUBLIC ACT 18-40 `became-law`
- **2018-05-18** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-05-18** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2018-05-31** 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/2b18eea7-74a3-4692-bca9-c744d64c084a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).