---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING CASH REFUNDS FOR GIFT CARD BALANCES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING CASH REFUNDS FOR GIFT CARD BALANCES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1018"
citation: "Connecticut SB 1018 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gift certificates and gift cards", "Refunds"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Delany, Hubert D.", "Miller, Patricia Billie", "Paris, Corey P.", "Porter, Robyn A.", "Turco, Gary A."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8f05feb-f01a-425a-8111-b84a9e2e66f7"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "dba46c012357acc29a9106e4c35dff5e0702431363e0c84f1d6fcc9fdcec1b22"
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 (2023) — AN ACT CONCERNING CASH REFUNDS FOR GIFT CARD BALANCES.

## Version chain

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

1. **BA Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-01018-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **File No. 148** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023SB-01018-R000148-FC.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 23-10** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00010-R00SB-01018-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-01018-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Delany, Hubert D. — primary (person)
- Miller, Patricia Billie — primary (person)
- Paris, Corey P. — primary (person)
- Porter, Robyn A. — primary (person)
- Turco, Gary A. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Banking `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** PUBLIC HEARING 0223
- **2023-03-07** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-03-15** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/20/23 `referral`
- **2023-03-21** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-03-21** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 113
- **2023-03-21** FILE NO. 148
- **2023-04-27** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-27** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2023-04-28** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 446
- **2023-05-30** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2023-05-30** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-01** PUBLIC ACT 23-10
- **2023-06-05** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-05** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-07** 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/b8f05feb-f01a-425a-8111-b84a9e2e66f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).