---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 229"
citation: "Connecticut SB 229 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State employee examinations", "United States Armed Forces"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berthel, Eric C.", "Borer, Dorinda", "Cummings, Stephanie E.", "McLachlan, Michael A.", "Ohler, Brian M.", "Tercyak, Peter A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-22"
last_action: "2018-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb4746f5-7c65-4b21-9e68-8309d27d06f3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "2935381315139f93b4fc00bf3d18750c2ac6a52c1891971f676e034a12d9235f"
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 229 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.

## 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-00229-R00-SB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/s/2018SB-00229-R01-SB.htm)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote 137 ADOPT — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote 266 CONSENT CALENDAR — **150–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berthel, Eric C. — primary (person)
- Borer, Dorinda — primary (person)
- Cummings, Stephanie E. — primary (person)
- McLachlan, Michael A. — primary (person)
- Ohler, Brian M. — primary (person)
- Tercyak, Peter A. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-22** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** PUBLIC HEARING 0227
- **2018-03-14** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-03-19** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/26/18
- **2018-03-26** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-03-26** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-03-26** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 67
- **2018-03-26** FILE NO. 48
- **2018-05-02** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-05-02** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2018-05-04** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-05-04** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 498
- **2018-05-08** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-05-08** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2018-05-08** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-17** PUBLIC ACT 18-44 `became-law`
- **2018-05-18** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-05-18** 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/fb4746f5-7c65-4b21-9e68-8309d27d06f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).