---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING MINOR REVISIONS TO THE STATUTES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND ESTABLISHING A PILOT PROGRAM TO PERMIT ELECTRONIC REPORTING BY MANDATED REPORTERS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING MINOR REVISIONS TO THE STATUTES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND ESTABLISHING A PILOT PROGRAM TO PERMIT ELECTRONIC REPORTING BY MANDATED REPORTERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 315"
citation: "Connecticut SB 315 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child abuse and neglect reports of cases", "Children and Families", "Department of", "Custody of children", "Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerratana, Terry B.", "Morris, Bruce V."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-01"
last_action: "2018-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2698139-1f01-4c60-aac2-bb62c474db5c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "3da44d0c17d1d02c8d9961352156a0a0235dda11a9e882f4a72bb84546fe0ac4"
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 315 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING MINOR REVISIONS TO THE STATUTES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND ESTABLISHING A PILOT PROGRAM TO PERMIT ELECTRONIC REPORTING BY MANDATED REPORTERS.

## 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-00315-R00-SB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/s/2018SB-00315-R01-SB.htm)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote 293 PASS — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote 302 CONSENT CALENDAR — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gerratana, Terry B. — primary (person)
- Morris, Bruce V. — 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 97
- **2018-03-28** FILE NO. 113
- **2018-04-18** MOVED TO FOOT OF CAL., SENATE
- **2018-05-09** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-05-09** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2018-05-09** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2018-05-09** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-05-09** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2018-05-09** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-18** PUBLIC ACT 18-67 `became-law`
- **2018-05-22** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-05-22** 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/f2698139-1f01-4c60-aac2-bb62c474db5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).