---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING CENTRAL COUNTING OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING CENTRAL COUNTING OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 5419"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5419 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Absentee ballots"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams, Terry B.", "Somers, Heather B."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-05"
last_action: "2018-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34ca93b2-52ae-47c5-ad9c-2642e6634b56"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "b89557806c94e08f6d9e00fbb6ccb8477fa5de76cd48919510c7576035409d1c"
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 5419 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING CENTRAL COUNTING OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS.

## 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-05419-R00-HB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05419-R01-HB.htm)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote 55 — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote 354 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adams, Terry B. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather B. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-05** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** PUBLIC HEARING 0315
- **2018-03-23** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-26** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-04-06** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/11/18
- **2018-04-12** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-12** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-04-12** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 310
- **2018-04-12** FILE NO. 439
- **2018-04-19** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-04-23** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-04-23** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 382
- **2018-05-09** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-05-09** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-23** PUBLIC ACT 18-124 `became-law`
- **2018-05-25** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-05-25** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2018-06-06** 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/34ca93b2-52ae-47c5-ad9c-2642e6634b56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).