---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS REVISIONS TO THE HIGHER EDUCATION STATUTES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS REVISIONS TO THE HIGHER EDUCATION STATUTES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 18"
citation: "Connecticut SB 18 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Board of Regents for Higher Education", "Colleges and universities", "Connecticut State Colleges and Universities", "University of Connecticut"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gucker, Kenneth M", "Simms, Travis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-10"
last_action: "2022-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52a27add-3bfc-4b06-8fa9-d0c36e560bc9"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "41c4470ada8190722712933eb253d74f92abd1af3758f5ab8d34455f18297ebb"
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 18 (2022) — AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS REVISIONS TO THE HIGHER EDUCATION STATUTES.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 9** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/FC/PDF/2022SB-00018-R000009-FC.PDF)
2. **HED Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/S/PDF/2022SB-00018-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 22-16** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/ACT/PA/PDF/2022PA-00016-R00SB-00018-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/S/PDF/2022SB-00018-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Simms, Travis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-10** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Higher Education and Employment Advancement `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-18** PUBLIC HEARING 0222
- **2022-03-03** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-04** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2022-03-08** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/14/22 `referral`
- **2022-03-15** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2022-03-15** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-15** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 41
- **2022-03-15** FILE NO. 9
- **2022-04-19** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-19** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2022-04-22** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2022-04-22** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 455
- **2022-04-28** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-28** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2022-04-28** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2022-05-04** PUBLIC ACT 22-16
- **2022-05-05** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2022-05-05** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-10** 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/52a27add-3bfc-4b06-8fa9-d0c36e560bc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).