---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING LICENSE RENEWAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING LICENSE RENEWAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 327"
citation: "Connecticut SB 327 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professional licenses", "Public accountants"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["O'Neill, Arthur J.", "Witkos, Kevin D."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-01"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffdb2204-4d87-4405-aaf8-af3b59e0f019"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "6840b1f0d3e350d34a74df78d8e3b6b5bd09cdb0c2ab7291fc277a1272e7856c"
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 327 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING LICENSE RENEWAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS.

## 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-00327-R00-SB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/s/2018SB-00327-R01-SB.htm)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote 95 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote 266 CONSENT CALENDAR — **150–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- O'Neill, Arthur J. — primary (person)
- Witkos, Kevin D. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-01** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON General Law `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** PUBLIC HEARING 0306
- **2018-03-15** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** 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 100
- **2018-03-28** FILE NO. 116
- **2018-04-25** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-04-25** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2018-04-26** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-04-26** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 462
- **2018-05-08** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-05-08** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2018-05-08** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-18** PUBLIC ACT 18-59 `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/ffdb2204-4d87-4405-aaf8-af3b59e0f019`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).