---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING CLIMATE CHANGE PLANNING AND RESILIENCY."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING CLIMATE CHANGE PLANNING AND RESILIENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 7"
citation: "Connecticut SB 7 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Coastal management", "Committees", "Councils", "Governor's bills", "Municipal plans of conservation and development", "Reports", "State plan of conservation and development", "Environmentally preferable products", "services or practices", "Climate change", "Greenhouse gases", "Comprehensive Energy Plan", "Integrated Resources Plan"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Albis, James M.", "Aresimowicz, Joe", "Borer, Dorinda", "Cassano, Steve", "Conley, Christine", "Dillon, Patricia A.", "Duff, Bob", "Fleischmann, Andrew M.", "Flexer, Mae", "Floren, Livvy R.", "Frantz, L. Scott", "Godfrey, Bob", "Kennedy, Ted", "Lavielle, Gail", "Lesser, Matthew", "Logan, George S.", "Looney, Martin M.", "Mushinsky, Mary M.", "Osten, Catherine A.", "Ritter, Matthew", "Tercyak, Peter A.", "Urban, Diana S.", "Wood, Terrie E.", "de la Cruz, Joe"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-08"
last_action: "2018-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f95ba01-cf17-42e4-9a11-3425b99f1b15"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "f96b0f4b93269912fb70e564da4b51e015eef4f944ab966da77524f12c34c96e"
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 7 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING CLIMATE CHANGE PLANNING AND RESILIENCY.

## 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-00007-R00-SB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/s/2018SB-00007-R01-SB.htm)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote 263 PASS AS AMENDED BY SEN A — **34–2** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote 285 AS AMENDED — **137–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albis, James M. — primary (person)
- Aresimowicz, Joe — primary (person)
- Borer, Dorinda — primary (person)
- Cassano, Steve — primary (person)
- Conley, Christine — primary (person)
- Dillon, Patricia A. — primary (person)
- Duff, Bob — primary (person)
- Fleischmann, Andrew M. — primary (person)
- Flexer, Mae — primary (person)
- Floren, Livvy R. — primary (person)
- Frantz, L. Scott — primary (person)
- Godfrey, Bob — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Ted — primary (person)
- Lavielle, Gail — primary (person)
- Lesser, Matthew — primary (person)
- Logan, George S. — primary (person)
- Looney, Martin M. — primary (person)
- Mushinsky, Mary M. — primary (person)
- Osten, Catherine A. — primary (person)
- Ritter, Matthew — primary (person)
- Tercyak, Peter A. — primary (person)
- Urban, Diana S. — primary (person)
- Wood, Terrie E. — primary (person)
- de la Cruz, Joe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-08** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** PUBLIC HEARING 0314
- **2018-03-22** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-03-29** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/04/18
- **2018-04-05** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-05** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-04-05** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 177
- **2018-04-05** FILE NO. 266
- **2018-05-08** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-08** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-08** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2018-05-08** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-05-08** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 581
- **2018-05-09** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-09** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2018-05-09** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-22** PUBLIC ACT 18-82 `became-law`
- **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/1f95ba01-cf17-42e4-9a11-3425b99f1b15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).