---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE OPPORTUNITY GAP."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE OPPORTUNITY GAP."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 1018"
citation: "Connecticut SB 1018 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education Department", "Parent-school relationships", "Priority school districts", "Reading", "School accountability", "School attendance", "State aid to education", "Construction industries", "Public school information system", "Technical high schools", "Alliance school districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butler, Larry B.", "Miller, Patricia Billie", "Sanchez, Robert", "Somers, Heather S.", "Witkos, Kevin D."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6eec0fa-563e-4815-86c0-59b4da5fef2c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "fcfe71a0dceabc627b1a34052a9c4e19c85aea8762ab19d200c81283b73a0b0b"
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 1018 (2019) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE OPPORTUNITY GAP.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **APP Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-01018-R02-SB.PDF)
2. **ED Joint Favorable Substitute Change of Reference** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-01018-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-01018-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Butler, Larry B. — primary (person)
- Miller, Patricia Billie — primary (person)
- Sanchez, Robert — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)
- Witkos, Kevin D. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-07** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** PUBLIC HEARING 0313
- **2019-03-25** Joint Favorable Substitute Change of Reference APP `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-03-28** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-03-28** FAV. CHG. OF REF., SEN. TO COMM. ON Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** FAV. CHG. OF REF. HOUSE TO COMM.ON APP
- **2019-05-02** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-03** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-05-13** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 05/20/19
- **2019-05-20** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-05-20** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-05-20** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 547
- **2019-05-20** FILE NO. 918
- **2019-06-05** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-05** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-05** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2019-06-05** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2019-06-05** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-06-05** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 731
- **2019-06-05** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-05** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2019-06-05** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-24** PUBLIC ACT 19-130 `became-law`
- **2019-06-27** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2019-06-27** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2019-07-12** 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/d6eec0fa-563e-4815-86c0-59b4da5fef2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).