---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING WAGE THEFT."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING WAGE THEFT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 418"
citation: "Connecticut SB 418 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil actions", "Fines (Penalties)", "Labor Department", "Prevailing wages", "Public works contracts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blumenthal, Matt", "Delany, Hubert D.", "Delnicki, Tom", "Gonzalez, Minnie", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Michel, David", "Porter, Robyn A.", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Simms, Travis", "Vargas, Edwin", "Winkler, Michael A."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-03-10"
last_action: "2022-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d70b79d6-54a0-4117-a00e-37867ac8a67a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "1292b595998d1ae789dcdf74e3178503495cc1245130887d55b79da4eccae887"
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 418 (2022) — AN ACT CONCERNING WAGE THEFT.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 253** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/FC/PDF/2022SB-00418-R000253-FC.PDF)
2. **JUD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/S/PDF/2022SB-00418-R02-SB.PDF)
3. **LAB Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/S/PDF/2022SB-00418-R01-SB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 22-17** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/ACT/PA/PDF/2022PA-00017-R00SB-00418-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/S/PDF/2022SB-00418-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Blumenthal, Matt — primary (person)
- Delany, Hubert D. — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Gonzalez, Minnie — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Porter, Robyn A. — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Simms, Travis — primary (person)
- Vargas, Edwin — primary (person)
- Winkler, Michael A. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-10** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Labor and Public Employees `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-11** PUBLIC HEARING 0315
- **2022-03-22** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2022-03-25** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/30/22 `referral`
- **2022-03-31** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2022-03-31** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-31** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 204
- **2022-03-31** FILE NO. 253
- **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`
- **2022-04-20** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-20** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2022-04-22** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2022-04-22** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 452
- **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 22-17
- **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/d70b79d6-54a0-4117-a00e-37867ac8a67a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).