---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE STAFF QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREMENT FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE STAFF QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREMENT FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 5450"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5450 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Early childhood education", "Reports", "Studies", "Teacher education", "Early Childhood", "Office of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abercrombie, Catherine F.", "Cook, Michelle L.", "Floren, Livvy R.", "Logan, George S.", "McCrory, Douglas", "Miller, Patricia Billie", "Somers, Heather B."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-07"
last_action: "2018-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb895e59-246a-4758-b87d-0755b8904de1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "8bd6381256fcb30f0ae2e43881a581257b31a7ad48c8456eca1e82c14205c68b"
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 5450 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE STAFF QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREMENT FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS.

## 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-05450-R00-HB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05450-R01-HB.htm)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote 46 — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote 352 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Abercrombie, Catherine F. — primary (person)
- Cook, Michelle L. — primary (person)
- Floren, Livvy R. — primary (person)
- Logan, George S. — primary (person)
- McCrory, Douglas — primary (person)
- Miller, Patricia Billie — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather B. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-07** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** PUBLIC HEARING 0314
- **2018-03-19** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-22** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-04-02** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/09/18
- **2018-04-09** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-09** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-04-09** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 215
- **2018-04-09** FILE NO. 320
- **2018-04-18** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-04-20** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-04-20** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 375
- **2018-05-09** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-05-09** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-23** PUBLIC ACT 18-123 `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/bb895e59-246a-4758-b87d-0755b8904de1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).