---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING ABANDONED FISHING GEAR IN LONG ISLAND SOUND."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING ABANDONED FISHING GEAR IN LONG ISLAND SOUND."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 426"
citation: "Connecticut SB 426 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abandoned property", "Fishing", "Long Island Sound"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duff, Bob", "Gresko, Joseph P.", "Kennedy, Ted", "Leone, Carlo", "Logan, George S.", "McLachlan, Michael A.", "Miner, Craig", "Osten, Catherine A.", "Somers, Heather B.", "Witkos, Kevin D."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-07"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db21d773-2811-4a6d-a91e-d2cf5249ea2c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "e8d85cbd6684fb880f3858d3e6ad11873caecd800bfe90dd8795433cb3d30d76"
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 426 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING ABANDONED FISHING GEAR IN LONG ISLAND SOUND.

## 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-00426-R00-SB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/s/2018SB-00426-R01-SB.htm)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote 184 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote 266 CONSENT CALENDAR — **150–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Duff, Bob — primary (person)
- Gresko, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Ted — primary (person)
- Leone, Carlo — primary (person)
- Logan, George S. — primary (person)
- McLachlan, Michael A. — primary (person)
- Miner, Craig — primary (person)
- Osten, Catherine A. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather B. — primary (person)
- Witkos, Kevin D. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-07** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** PUBLIC HEARING 0314
- **2018-03-22** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-04-03** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/09/18
- **2018-04-10** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-10** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-04-10** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 226
- **2018-04-10** FILE NO. 395
- **2018-05-03** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-05-03** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2018-05-05** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-05-05** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 516
- **2018-05-08** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-05-08** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2018-05-08** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-18** PUBLIC ACT 18-54 `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/db21d773-2811-4a6d-a91e-d2cf5249ea2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).