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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING APPEALS UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT AND PETITIONS FOR RELIEF FROM VEXATIOUS REQUESTERS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING APPEALS UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT AND PETITIONS FOR RELIEF FROM VEXATIOUS REQUESTERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 5175"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5175 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative procedure", "Fees", "Freedom of Information Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cheeseman, Holly H.", "Dunsby, Adam", "Fleischmann, Andrew M.", "Genga, Henry J.", "Kokoruda, Noreen S.", "Somers, Heather B.", "Wilms, Fred", "Wilson, David T.", "Wood, Terrie E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-21"
last_action: "2018-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0ac9652-9b1f-4fd0-b0f5-c5e8555803be"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "fbe20ea9bed7cbae4568a8f8049508a06d47ccc3ef8436c42ec0d8280c56e820"
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 5175 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING APPEALS UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT AND PETITIONS FOR RELIEF FROM VEXATIOUS REQUESTERS.
## 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-05175-R00-HB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05175-R01-HB.htm)
## Votes
- Senate Roll Call Vote 298 ADOPT — **360** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote 140 AS AMENDED — **1420** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Cheeseman, Holly H. — primary (person)
- Dunsby, Adam — primary (person)
- Fleischmann, Andrew M. — primary (person)
- Genga, Henry J. — primary (person)
- Kokoruda, Noreen S. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather B. — primary (person)
- Wilms, Fred — primary (person)
- Wilson, David T. — primary (person)
- Wood, Terrie E. — 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
- **2018-03-19** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/26/18
- **2018-03-26** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-03-26** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-03-26** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 54
- **2018-03-26** FILE NO. 35
- **2018-04-30** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-04-30** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2018-05-02** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-05-02** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 473
- **2018-05-02** FILE NO. 664
- **2018-05-09** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-09** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-09** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-22** PUBLIC ACT 18-95 `became-law`
- **2018-05-24** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-05-24** 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/c0ac9652-9b1f-4fd0-b0f5-c5e8555803be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).