---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT REQUIRING TIMELY PAYMENT OF FUEL VENDORS IN THE CONNECTICUT ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM."
description: "AN ACT REQUIRING TIMELY PAYMENT OF FUEL VENDORS IN THE CONNECTICUT ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 438"
citation: "Connecticut SB 438 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Community action agencies", "Energy assistance", "Medicaid", "Reports", "Social Services", "Department of", "Studies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ferraro, Charles J.", "Fusco, John", "Rovero, Daniel S.", "Somers, Heather B."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-07"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b76bda4-5984-4e7d-b27e-c9530bce6abf"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "60bfecd90a035ea9136b3fe19804f11ee54cb6d85b4dfd7633ca74a10e65de0f"
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 438 (2018) — AN ACT REQUIRING TIMELY PAYMENT OF FUEL VENDORS IN THE CONNECTICUT ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

## 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-00438-R00-SB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/s/2018SB-00438-R01-SB.htm)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote 266 CONSENT CALENDAR — **150–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote 83 ADOPT — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ferraro, Charles J. — primary (person)
- Fusco, John — primary (person)
- Rovero, Daniel S. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather B. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-07** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** PUBLIC HEARING 0315
- **2018-03-20** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-20** 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 152
- **2018-04-04** FILE NO. 228
- **2018-04-18** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-04-18** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-04-18** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2018-04-19** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-04-19** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 412
- **2018-05-08** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-08** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2018-05-08** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2018-05-08** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-22** PUBLIC ACT 18-88 `became-law`
- **2018-05-23** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-05-23** 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/9b76bda4-5984-4e7d-b27e-c9530bce6abf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).