---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY METHODS OF DEVELOPING, EXPANDING AND IMPROVING THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY WORKFORCE IN THIS STATE."
description: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY METHODS OF DEVELOPING, EXPANDING AND IMPROVING THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY WORKFORCE IN THIS STATE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 198"
citation: "Connecticut SB 198 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic clusters", "Insurance", "Reports", "Studies", "Task forces"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Insurance and Real Estate Committee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-22"
last_action: "2018-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e42f8ae3-95d2-45a2-aa4b-2da9ead2d183"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "a5db8a9da6e2fdbaccf72469ccc75b8f4861770097b77bc4f494d85590c9a19b"
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 198 (2018) — AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY METHODS OF DEVELOPING, EXPANDING AND IMPROVING THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY WORKFORCE IN THIS STATE.

## 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-00198-R00-SB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/s/2018SB-00198-R01-SB.htm)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote 302 CONSENT CALENDAR — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote 86 ADOPT — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Insurance and Real Estate Committee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-22** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Insurance and Real Estate `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** PUBLIC HEARING 0227
- **2018-03-15** Joint Favorable `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 81
- **2018-03-28** FILE NO. 97
- **2018-04-24** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-04-24** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-04-24** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2018-04-25** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-04-25** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 449
- **2018-05-09** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-09** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2018-05-09** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2018-05-09** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-25** SPECIAL ACT 18-21
- **2018-05-31** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-05-31** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2018-06-12** 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/e42f8ae3-95d2-45a2-aa4b-2da9ead2d183`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).