---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION IN A PRETRIAL FAMILY VIOLENCE EDUCATION PROGRAM."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION IN A PRETRIAL FAMILY VIOLENCE EDUCATION PROGRAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5418"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5418 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pretrial family violence education program", "Risk of injury to a minor"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craig C. Fishbein", "Eleni Kavros Degraw", "Greg S. Howard", "Kathy Kennedy", "Lisa Seminara", "Tim Ackert"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-06"
last_action: "2024-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/683d9482-5522-4f2c-90fc-82446da92439"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "6154653c056c831fef5bc98669804d041655c08dfac8679d6c650fc29aae9308"
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 5418 (2024) — AN ACT CONCERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION IN A PRETRIAL FAMILY VIOLENCE EDUCATION PROGRAM.

## Version chain

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

1. **APP Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05418-R02-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 454** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024HB-05418-R000454-FC.PDF)
3. **JUD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05418-R01-HB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 24-129** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/PA/PDF/2024PA-00129-R00HB-05418-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/H/PDF/2024HB-05418-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **34–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Craig C. Fishbein — primary (person)
- Eleni Kavros Degraw — primary (person)
- Greg S. Howard — primary (person)
- Kathy Kennedy — primary (person)
- Lisa Seminara — primary (person)
- Tim Ackert — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-06** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07** PUBLIC HEARING 0311
- **2024-03-26** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2024-04-05** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/10/24 `referral`
- **2024-04-11** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-04-11** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2024-04-11** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 298
- **2024-04-11** FILE NO. 454
- **2024-04-16** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Appropriations
- **2024-04-22** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-22** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2024-04-22** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-04-22** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations
- **2024-04-22** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2024-05-06** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2024-05-06** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2024-05-06** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2024-05-06** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 460
- **2024-05-08** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2024-05-08** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2024-05-22** PUBLIC ACT 24-129
- **2024-05-30** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2024-05-30** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-05** 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/683d9482-5522-4f2c-90fc-82446da92439`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).