---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE CONNECTICUT BLOCKCHAIN WORKING GROUP."
description: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE CONNECTICUT BLOCKCHAIN WORKING GROUP."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 443"
citation: "Connecticut SB 443 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic and Community Development", "Department of", "Reports", "Studies", "Technology", "Computer and data processing services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Devlin, Laura M.", "Floren, Livvy R.", "Frantz, L. Scott", "Logan, George S.", "McLachlan, Michael A.", "Orange, Linda A.", "Simmons, Caroline", "Somers, Heather B.", "Winkler, Michael"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-07"
last_action: "2018-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2b41127-3baa-4992-aa3d-a87637cb891b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "ba4c3ac7f4fcd2770390686c070c010e42ce8c0d19ac66eedae4d80d23aa4dc8"
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 443 (2018) — AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE CONNECTICUT BLOCKCHAIN WORKING GROUP.

## 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-00443-R00-SB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/s/2018SB-00443-R01-SB.htm)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote 266 CONSENT CALENDAR — **150–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote 141 ADOPT — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Devlin, Laura M. — primary (person)
- Floren, Livvy R. — primary (person)
- Frantz, L. Scott — primary (person)
- Logan, George S. — primary (person)
- McLachlan, Michael A. — primary (person)
- Orange, Linda A. — primary (person)
- Simmons, Caroline — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather B. — primary (person)
- Winkler, Michael — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-07** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** PUBLIC HEARING 0320
- **2018-03-27** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** 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 230
- **2018-04-10** FILE NO. 399
- **2018-05-02** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-02** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-02** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2018-05-04** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-05-04** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 504
- **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
- **2018-05-21** SPECIAL ACT 18-8
- **2018-05-23** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-05-23** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2018-06-06** 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/d2b41127-3baa-4992-aa3d-a87637cb891b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).