---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF A PAYOFF STATEMENT BY A JUDGMENT LIENHOLDER."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF A PAYOFF STATEMENT BY A JUDGMENT LIENHOLDER."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 485"
citation: "Connecticut SB 485 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Damages", "Debtors", "Liens", "Postjudgment remedies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doyle, Paul R."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-12"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44cc29ef-4e22-4b8f-a1f7-8eca361299b9"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "9610eb8e26bb25e20bbffdec4020d4747cc21928d0055c51b477293c43e200ba"
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 485 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF A PAYOFF STATEMENT BY A JUDGMENT LIENHOLDER.

## 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-00485-R00-SB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/s/2018SB-00485-R01-SB.htm)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote 193 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote 302 CONSENT CALENDAR — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Doyle, Paul R. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-12** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** PUBLIC HEARING 0319
- **2018-04-04** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-04-13** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/18/18
- **2018-04-19** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-19** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-04-19** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 367
- **2018-04-19** FILE NO. 614
- **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 523
- **2018-05-09** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-05-09** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2018-05-09** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-18** PUBLIC ACT 18-70 `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/44cc29ef-4e22-4b8f-a1f7-8eca361299b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).