---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING EMPLOYEE NOTIFICATION OF REQUESTS MADE UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING EMPLOYEE NOTIFICATION OF REQUESTS MADE UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 5177"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5177 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Freedom of information", "State employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Somers, Heather B."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-21"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fe94502-95f9-4d2e-bccf-07afaa9e84a3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "810e86429f68d7056abbbdfbbf6dc441783735a676aeb2dd2077d8d2e89fa9b9"
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 5177 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING EMPLOYEE NOTIFICATION OF REQUESTS MADE UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.

## 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-05177-R00-HB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05177-R01-HB.htm)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote 348 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote 38 — **143–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Somers, Heather B. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-21** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** PUBLIC HEARING 0226
- **2018-03-09** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-12** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-03-14** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/19/18
- **2018-03-20** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-03-20** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-03-20** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 44
- **2018-03-20** FILE NO. 16
- **2018-04-11** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-04-13** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-04-13** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 304
- **2018-05-09** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-05-09** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-22** PUBLIC ACT 18-93 `became-law`
- **2018-05-23** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-05-23** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2018-06-04** 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/3fe94502-95f9-4d2e-bccf-07afaa9e84a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).