---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING RISK ASSESSMENT PRACTICES AND THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING RISK ASSESSMENT PRACTICES AND THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 312"
citation: "Connecticut SB 312 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Families", "Department of", "Disabled children", "Reports", "Social Services", "Department of", "Special needs children", "Developmental Services", "Department of", "Early Childhood", "Office of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelly, Kevin C.", "Klarides, Themis", "Somers, Heather B.", "Suzio, Len", "Zupkus, Lezlye"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-01"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92557001-6431-4a9a-b20f-43e2cf6a0845"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "cda92312368d6ac4650e09c5412d91feae0b74b331b3f2474380c4c94c23a977"
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 312 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING RISK ASSESSMENT PRACTICES AND THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.

## 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-00312-R00-SB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/s/2018SB-00312-R01-SB.htm)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote 302 CONSENT CALENDAR — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote 138 ADOPT — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kelly, Kevin C. — primary (person)
- Klarides, Themis — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather B. — primary (person)
- Suzio, Len — primary (person)
- Zupkus, Lezlye — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-01** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Committee on Children `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** PUBLIC HEARING 0306
- **2018-03-15** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** 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 94
- **2018-03-28** FILE NO. 110
- **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 500
- **2018-05-04** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-05-09** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-05-09** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2018-05-09** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-18** PUBLIC ACT 18-71 `became-law`
- **2018-05-22** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-05-22** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2018-06-04** 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/92557001-6431-4a9a-b20f-43e2cf6a0845`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).