---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING COUNTERFEIT AND UNSAFE LIGHTERS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING COUNTERFEIT AND UNSAFE LIGHTERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 185"
citation: "Connecticut SB 185 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Novelty lighters"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gucker, Kenneth M", "Kennedy, Kathy", "Mcgorty, Ben"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-24"
last_action: "2022-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3737422-785d-4274-bdf0-7a6bd5ff606a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "07785923733bb1acdc3b67c9078e83a6fabc862ddb5b03a0e53224bf30626557"
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 185 (2022) — AN ACT CONCERNING COUNTERFEIT AND UNSAFE LIGHTERS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 155** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/FC/PDF/2022SB-00185-R000155-FC.PDF)
2. **GL Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/S/PDF/2022SB-00185-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **JUD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/S/PDF/2022SB-00185-R02-SB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 22-12** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/ACT/PA/PDF/2022PA-00012-R00SB-00185-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/S/PDF/2022SB-00185-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Kathy — primary (person)
- Mcgorty, Ben — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-24** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON General Law `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** PUBLIC HEARING 0301
- **2022-03-15** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2022-03-23** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/28/22 `referral`
- **2022-03-29** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2022-03-29** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-29** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 144
- **2022-03-29** FILE NO. 155
- **2022-04-07** REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ON Judiciary
- **2022-04-11** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-12** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2022-04-12** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2022-04-12** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Judiciary
- **2022-04-12** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2022-04-19** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-19** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2022-04-19** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2022-04-21** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2022-04-21** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 422
- **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 22-12
- **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/b3737422-785d-4274-bdf0-7a6bd5ff606a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).