---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF HORSESHOE CRABS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF HORSESHOE CRABS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 5364"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5364 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Infractions", "Reports", "Shellfish", "Energy and Environmental Protection", "Department of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams, Terry B.", "Gresko, Joseph P.", "Kelly, Kevin C.", "McGorty, Ben", "Miner, Craig", "Moore, Marilyn V.", "Mushinsky, Mary M.", "Serra, Joseph C.", "Somers, Heather B.", "Urban, Diana S.", "Young, Philip L."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-01"
last_action: "2018-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae04d6e2-95d1-490b-8bdc-b1520a02831f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "e5882ececb91376df219e1d39edbd824e7e64a49d767b340cd84e469c739a37f"
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 5364 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF HORSESHOE CRABS.

## 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-05364-R00-HB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05364-R01-HB.htm)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote 33 — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote 349 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adams, Terry B. — primary (person)
- Gresko, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Kelly, Kevin C. — primary (person)
- McGorty, Ben — primary (person)
- Miner, Craig — primary (person)
- Moore, Marilyn V. — primary (person)
- Mushinsky, Mary M. — primary (person)
- Serra, Joseph C. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather B. — primary (person)
- Urban, Diana S. — primary (person)
- Young, Philip L. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-01** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** PUBLIC HEARING 0309
- **2018-03-14** Joint Favorable Substitute `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 94
- **2018-03-28** FILE NO. 80
- **2018-04-11** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-04-13** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-04-13** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 306
- **2018-05-09** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-05-09** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-23** PUBLIC ACT 18-112 `became-law`
- **2018-05-25** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-05-25** 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/ae04d6e2-95d1-490b-8bdc-b1520a02831f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).