---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING TELEHEALTH SERVICES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING TELEHEALTH SERVICES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 302"
citation: "Connecticut SB 302 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled substances", "Medical records", "Nurses", "Pharmacists", "Telemedicine"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kennedy, Ted", "Morris, Bruce V.", "Somers, Heather B.", "Wilms, Fred", "Witkos, Kevin D."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-28"
last_action: "2018-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c4ab385-f198-4441-807b-1c92254d71af"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "3fc3c83292eeb8de8b59e58d16e867dc4fe7b83c8c5401bab7f74af2a15423dc"
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 302 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING TELEHEALTH SERVICES.

## 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-00302-R00-SB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/s/2018SB-00302-R01-SB.htm)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote 275 AS AMENDED — **145–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote 188 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kennedy, Ted — primary (person)
- Morris, Bruce V. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather B. — primary (person)
- Wilms, Fred — primary (person)
- Witkos, Kevin D. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-28** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** PUBLIC HEARING 0316
- **2018-03-23** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-26** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-04-05** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/10/18
- **2018-04-11** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-11** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-04-11** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 245
- **2018-04-11** FILE NO. 420
- **2018-05-03** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-03** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-03** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2018-05-05** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-05-05** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 526
- **2018-05-09** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-09** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2018-05-09** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-25** PUBLIC ACT 18-148 `became-law`
- **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/0c4ab385-f198-4441-807b-1c92254d71af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).