---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT EXTENDING THE MORATORIUM ON APPROVAL OF A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PROGRAMS OF INDEPENDENT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION."
description: "AN ACT EXTENDING THE MORATORIUM ON APPROVAL OF A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PROGRAMS OF INDEPENDENT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 352"
citation: "Connecticut SB 352 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Academic degrees", "Colleges and universities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bocchino, Mike", "Fasano, Leonard A.", "Gresko, Joseph P.", "Logan, George S.", "Looney, Martin M.", "McCarthy Vahey, Cristin", "Stafstrom, Steven J."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-01"
last_action: "2018-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15a84a61-ba77-4db8-bb54-14d83aff5325"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "75c39b0f09f55786c6e8260d34a7cfb5fc4df6c8c522c919d613141c311446be"
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 352 (2018) — AN ACT EXTENDING THE MORATORIUM ON APPROVAL OF A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PROGRAMS OF INDEPENDENT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

## 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-00352-R00-SB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/s/2018SB-00352-R01-SB.htm)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote 179 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote 241 AS AMENDED — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bocchino, Mike — primary (person)
- Fasano, Leonard A. — primary (person)
- Gresko, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Logan, George S. — primary (person)
- Looney, Martin M. — primary (person)
- McCarthy Vahey, Cristin — primary (person)
- Stafstrom, Steven J. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-01** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Higher Education and Employment Advancement `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** PUBLIC HEARING 0308
- **2018-03-15** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-19** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-03-28** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/03/18
- **2018-04-04** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-04** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-04-04** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 145
- **2018-04-04** FILE NO. 220
- **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 519
- **2018-05-07** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-07** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2018-05-07** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-16** PUBLIC ACT 18-33 `became-law`
- **2018-05-17** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-05-17** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2018-05-29** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR IN ORIGINAL `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15a84a61-ba77-4db8-bb54-14d83aff5325`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).