---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO PROMOTE EFFICIENCIES IN THE FILING OF HABEAS CORPUS MATTERS."
description: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO PROMOTE EFFICIENCIES IN THE FILING OF HABEAS CORPUS MATTERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 5407"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5407 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Habeas corpus", "Reports", "Studies", "Task forces"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berthel, Eric C.", "Klarides, Themis", "Klarides-Ditria, Nicole", "Logan, George S.", "O'Neill, Arthur J.", "Petit, William A.", "Staneski, Pam"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-02"
last_action: "2018-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0262d49-b8ab-44a8-811a-14672e124539"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "94dab842bd46328e95f0de645f3dce1d126fc3adc9ecadb9697571792ce184ad"
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 5407 (2018) — AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO PROMOTE EFFICIENCIES IN THE FILING OF HABEAS CORPUS MATTERS.

## 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-05407-R00-HB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05407-R01-HB.htm)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote 311 PASS — **26–10** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote 72 — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berthel, Eric C. — primary (person)
- Klarides, Themis — primary (person)
- Klarides-Ditria, Nicole — primary (person)
- Logan, George S. — primary (person)
- O'Neill, Arthur J. — primary (person)
- Petit, William A. — primary (person)
- Staneski, Pam — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-02** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05** PUBLIC HEARING 0309
- **2018-03-28** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-04-09** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/16/18
- **2018-04-16** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-16** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-04-16** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 339
- **2018-04-16** FILE NO. 496
- **2018-04-24** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-04-26** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-04-26** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 432
- **2018-05-09** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-05-09** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-23** SPECIAL ACT 18-18
- **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/b0262d49-b8ab-44a8-811a-14672e124539`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).