---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING MILITARY DEPARTMENT VOLUNTEERS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING MILITARY DEPARTMENT VOLUNTEERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 5234"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5234 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military Department", "Volunteers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Belsito, Sam", "Bolinsky, Mitch", "Case, Jay M.", "Ferraro, Charles J.", "Logan, George S.", "Martin, Henri", "Morris, Bruce V.", "Somers, Heather B.", "Storms, Scott A.", "Yaccarino, Dave W.", "Zawistowski, Tami"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-22"
last_action: "2018-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bd3eaea-71fb-4af5-8851-d503c125fcb5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "c1f6f7aa9e4220abe033cd8144ac659c23fff3d1104ad8d22e94b6423ae6d615"
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 5234 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING MILITARY DEPARTMENT VOLUNTEERS.

## Version chain

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

1. **R00** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05234-R00-HB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05234-R01-HB.htm)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote 377 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote 198 — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Belsito, Sam — primary (person)
- Bolinsky, Mitch — primary (person)
- Case, Jay M. — primary (person)
- Ferraro, Charles J. — primary (person)
- Logan, George S. — primary (person)
- Martin, Henri — primary (person)
- Morris, Bruce V. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather B. — primary (person)
- Storms, Scott A. — primary (person)
- Yaccarino, Dave W. — primary (person)
- Zawistowski, Tami — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-22** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** PUBLIC HEARING 0227
- **2018-03-14** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-03-22** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/27/18
- **2018-03-28** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-03-28** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-03-28** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 76
- **2018-03-28** FILE NO. 62
- **2018-05-03** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-05-03** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2018-05-04** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-05-04** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 510
- **2018-05-09** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-05-09** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-22** PUBLIC ACT 18-106 `became-law`
- **2018-05-24** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-05-24** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2018-06-07** 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/5bd3eaea-71fb-4af5-8851-d503c125fcb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).