---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT REQUIRING NOTICE PRIOR TO THE TRANSFER OF A CHILD TO A NEW OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT."
description: "AN ACT REQUIRING NOTICE PRIOR TO THE TRANSFER OF A CHILD TO A NEW OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 323"
citation: "Connecticut SB 323 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Families", "Department of", "Child placement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fishbein, Craig C.", "Formica, Paul M.", "McCarty, Kathleen M.", "Somers, Heather B.", "Suzio, Len"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-01"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0141c9e3-1772-462e-94a1-00327bafdbab"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "3400496ec8cb7674ab8e5ee9085df472001095ddd71acd75eddfe32b78ae2fad"
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 323 (2018) — AN ACT REQUIRING NOTICE PRIOR TO THE TRANSFER OF A CHILD TO A NEW OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT.

## 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-00323-R00-SB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/s/2018SB-00323-R01-SB.htm)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote 268 — **150–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote 87 ADOPT — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fishbein, Craig C. — primary (person)
- Formica, Paul M. — primary (person)
- McCarty, Kathleen M. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather B. — primary (person)
- Suzio, Len — 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
- **2018-03-23** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/28/18
- **2018-03-29** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-03-29** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-03-29** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 112
- **2018-03-29** FILE NO. 137
- **2018-04-24** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-04-25** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2018-04-25** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-04-25** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 451
- **2018-05-08** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-05-08** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-18** PUBLIC ACT 18-58 `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/0141c9e3-1772-462e-94a1-00327bafdbab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).