---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE RENEWAL OF LIABILITY INSURANCE POLICIES FOR UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE RENEWAL OF LIABILITY INSURANCE POLICIES FOR UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 5453"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5453 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Liability insurance", "Underground storage tanks"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fishbein, Craig C.", "Fusco, John", "Genga, Henry J.", "Kelly, Kevin C.", "Miner, Craig", "Somers, Heather B.", "Wilson, David T."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-07"
last_action: "2018-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f165874f-24d0-44d0-899a-6f149c24486f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "f659ed42508d8c518a4f3b0af46aba8873bd88c50a8f9c0493f759303110353f"
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 5453 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE RENEWAL OF LIABILITY INSURANCE POLICIES FOR UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS.

## 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-05453-R00-HB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05453-R01-HB.htm)
3. **R02** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05453-R02-HB.htm)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote 172 — **137–9** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote 321 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fishbein, Craig C. — primary (person)
- Fusco, John — primary (person)
- Genga, Henry J. — primary (person)
- Kelly, Kevin C. — primary (person)
- Miner, Craig — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather B. — primary (person)
- Wilson, David T. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-07** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** PUBLIC HEARING 0316
- **2018-03-22** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-03-29** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/04/18
- **2018-04-05** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-05** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-04-05** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 191
- **2018-04-05** FILE NO. 258
- **2018-04-10** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Insurance and Real Estate `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-11** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-04-11** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-11** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Insurance and Real Estate `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2018-05-02** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-05-02** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2018-05-03** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-05-03** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 487
- **2018-05-09** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-05-09** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-23** PUBLIC ACT 18-118 `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/f165874f-24d0-44d0-899a-6f149c24486f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).