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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING JUDICIAL PROCEDURES RELATING TO INITIATION OF AN ACTION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE, DISSOLUTION OF CIVIL UNION OR LEGAL SEPARATION."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING JUDICIAL PROCEDURES RELATING TO INITIATION OF AN ACTION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE, DISSOLUTION OF CIVIL UNION OR LEGAL SEPARATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 5211"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5211 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Divorce"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fishbein, Craig C.", "Fusco, John", "Miller, Patricia Billie", "Rebimbas, Rosa C.", "Somers, Heather B.", "Storms, Scott A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-22"
last_action: "2018-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a717bdb-54f7-4b93-a047-0a5583a10017"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "849c467216245174ef2c37aa47ab61ed0f65419b80e381df38b5d5184c44c97e"
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 5211 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING JUDICIAL PROCEDURES RELATING TO INITIATION OF AN ACTION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE, DISSOLUTION OF CIVIL UNION OR LEGAL SEPARATION.
## 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-05211-R00-HB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05211-R01-HB.htm)
## Votes
- Senate Roll Call Vote 276 ADOPT — **360** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote 66 — **1490** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Fishbein, Craig C. — primary (person)
- Fusco, John — primary (person)
- Miller, Patricia Billie — primary (person)
- Rebimbas, Rosa C. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather B. — primary (person)
- Storms, Scott A. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-22** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05** PUBLIC HEARING 0309
- **2018-03-28** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-04-09** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/16/18
- **2018-04-16** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-16** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-04-16** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 334
- **2018-04-16** FILE NO. 491
- **2018-04-24** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-04-26** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-04-26** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 426
- **2018-05-08** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-05-08** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-14** PUBLIC ACT 18-14 `became-law`
- **2018-05-17** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-05-17** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2018-05-25** 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/4a717bdb-54f7-4b93-a047-0a5583a10017`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).