---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND ADJUSTING BONDS OF THE STATE FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER PURPOSES, AND CONCERNING MUNICIPAL REPORTS ON CERTAIN PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS, VALIDATION OF A REFERENDUM AND HIGHWAY PROJECTS."
description: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND ADJUSTING BONDS OF THE STATE FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER PURPOSES, AND CONCERNING MUNICIPAL REPORTS ON CERTAIN PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS, VALIDATION OF A REFERENDUM AND HIGHWAY PROJECTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 5518"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5518 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aresimowicz, Joe", "Duff, Bob", "Fonfara, John W.", "Looney, Martin M.", "Michel, David", "Miller, Patricia Billie", "Moore, Marilyn V.", "Riley, Emmett D.", "Ritter, Matthew", "Rojas, Jason", "Santiago, Hilda E."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-03-10"
last_action: "2020-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ffd6eb2-e950-4916-9bbc-3ab101548bce"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "9ad83f5dea0946f74eb3f6985f0e05c0a143bcba5e2f57831c2b2bdeab097de4"
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 HB 5518 (2020) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND ADJUSTING BONDS OF THE STATE FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER PURPOSES, AND CONCERNING MUNICIPAL REPORTS ON CERTAIN PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS, VALIDATION OF A REFERENDUM AND HIGHWAY PROJECTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **New Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2020/TOB/H/PDF/2020HB-05518-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Aresimowicz, Joe — primary (person)
- Duff, Bob — primary (person)
- Fonfara, John W. — primary (person)
- Looney, Martin M. — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Miller, Patricia Billie — primary (person)
- Moore, Marilyn V. — primary (person)
- Riley, Emmett D. — primary (person)
- Ritter, Matthew — primary (person)
- Rojas, Jason — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-10** EMERGENCY CERTIFICATION
- **2020-03-11** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2020-03-11** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2020-03-11** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B
- **2020-03-11** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2020-03-11** HOUSE RECONSIDERED BILL
- **2020-03-11** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2020-03-11** RULES SUSPENDED, TRANSMITTED TO SENATE
- **2020-03-11** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2020-03-11** AMENDMENT WITHDRAWN, SENATE AMENDMENT SCH. B
- **2020-03-11** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. C
- **2020-03-11** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. D
- **2020-03-11** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2020-03-11** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2020-03-11** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE GOV.
- **2020-03-12** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR IN ORIGINAL `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-18** PUBLIC ACT 20-1 `became-law`
- **2020-08-12** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ffd6eb2-e950-4916-9bbc-3ab101548bce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).