republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2018/hb-5421.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT ADOPTING THE INTERSTATE COMPACT TO ELECT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BY NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE."
description: "AN ACT ADOPTING THE INTERSTATE COMPACT TO ELECT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BY NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 5421"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5421 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electoral College", "Interstate compacts", "Presidential elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams, Terry B.", "Albis, James M.", "Altobello, Emil", "Arconti, David", "Baker, Andre F.", "Borer, Dorinda", "Butler, Larry B.", "Bye, Beth", "Candelaria, Juan R.", "Cassano, Steve", "Conley, Christine", "Cook, Michelle L.", "D'Agostino, Michael", "Demicco, Mike", "DiMassa, Michael A.", "Dillon, Patricia A.", "Doyle, Paul R.", "Duff, Bob", "Elliott, Josh", "Fleischmann, Andrew M.", "Flexer, Mae", "Fonfara, John W.", "Fox, Daniel J.", "Genga, Henry J.", "Gentile, Linda M.", "Gerratana, Terry B.", "Gibson, Bobby G.", "Godfrey, Bob", "Gomes, Edwin A.", "Gonzalez, Minnie", "Gresko, Joseph P.", "Guerrera, Antonio", "Haddad, Gregory", "Hall, Joshua Malik", "Hampton, John K.", "Hennessy, John \"Jack\" F.", "Johnson, Susan M.", "Juleson-Scopino, Kelly J.", "Lemar, Roland J.", "Lesser, Matthew", "Linehan, Liz", "Looney, Martin M.", "McCarthy Vahey, Cristin", "McCrory, Douglas", "McGee, Brandon L.", "Miller, Patricia Billie", "Moore, Marilyn V.", "Morin, Russell A.", "Mushinsky, Mary M.", "Orange, Linda A.", "Osten, Catherine A.", "Paolillo, Alphonse", "Perone, Chris", "Porter, Robyn A.", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Riley, Emmett D.", "Ritter, Matthew", "Rojas, Jason", "Rosario, Christopher", "Rose, Kim", "Ryan, Kevin", "Sanchez, Robert", "Santiago, Ezequiel", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Serra, Joseph C.", "Simmons, Caroline", "Slap, Derek", "Soto, Chris", "Stafstrom, Steven J.", "Stallworth, Charlie L.", "Steinberg, Jonathan", "Tercyak, Peter A.", "Tong, William", "Urban, Diana S.", "Vargas, Edwin", "Verrengia, Joe", "Walker, Toni E.", "Winfield, Gary A.", "Winkler, Michael", "Young, Philip L.", "de la Cruz, Joe"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-03-05"
last_action: "2018-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c133620-af6b-4e37-86b3-c93d06eacc94"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "9a3f3a50834a806e3bffc867bf75ccbdac980ccb26eedd71cc0d79c90f9e6277"
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 5421 (2018) — AN ACT ADOPTING THE INTERSTATE COMPACT TO ELECT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BY NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE.

## 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-05421-R00-HB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05421-R01-HB.htm)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote 227 ADOPT SENATE AMD A LCO 5386 — **10–25** (fail) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote 89 — **77–73** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote 228 PASS IN CONCURRENCE — **21–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adams, Terry B. — primary (person)
- Albis, James M. — primary (person)
- Altobello, Emil — primary (person)
- Arconti, David — primary (person)
- Baker, Andre F. — primary (person)
- Borer, Dorinda — primary (person)
- Butler, Larry B. — primary (person)
- Bye, Beth — primary (person)
- Candelaria, Juan R. — primary (person)
- Cassano, Steve — primary (person)
- Conley, Christine — primary (person)
- Cook, Michelle L. — primary (person)
- D'Agostino, Michael — primary (person)
- Demicco, Mike — primary (person)
- DiMassa, Michael A. — primary (person)
- Dillon, Patricia A. — primary (person)
- Doyle, Paul R. — primary (person)
- Duff, Bob — primary (person)
- Elliott, Josh — primary (person)
- Fleischmann, Andrew M. — primary (person)
- Flexer, Mae — primary (person)
- Fonfara, John W. — primary (person)
- Fox, Daniel J. — primary (person)
- Genga, Henry J. — primary (person)
- Gentile, Linda M. — primary (person)
- Gerratana, Terry B. — primary (person)
- Gibson, Bobby G. — primary (person)
- Godfrey, Bob — primary (person)
- Gomes, Edwin A. — primary (person)
- Gonzalez, Minnie — primary (person)
- Gresko, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Guerrera, Antonio — primary (person)
- Haddad, Gregory — primary (person)
- Hall, Joshua Malik — primary (person)
- Hampton, John K. — primary (person)
- Hennessy, John "Jack" F. — primary (person)
- Johnson, Susan M. — primary (person)
- Juleson-Scopino, Kelly J. — primary (person)
- Lemar, Roland J. — primary (person)
- Lesser, Matthew — primary (person)
- Linehan, Liz — primary (person)
- Looney, Martin M. — primary (person)
- McCarthy Vahey, Cristin — primary (person)
- McCrory, Douglas — primary (person)
- McGee, Brandon L. — primary (person)
- Miller, Patricia Billie — primary (person)
- Moore, Marilyn V. — primary (person)
- Morin, Russell A. — primary (person)
- Mushinsky, Mary M. — primary (person)
- Orange, Linda A. — primary (person)
- Osten, Catherine A. — primary (person)
- Paolillo, Alphonse — primary (person)
- Perone, Chris — primary (person)
- Porter, Robyn A. — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Riley, Emmett D. — primary (person)
- Ritter, Matthew — primary (person)
- Rojas, Jason — primary (person)
- Rosario, Christopher — primary (person)
- Rose, Kim — primary (person)
- Ryan, Kevin — primary (person)
- Sanchez, Robert — primary (person)
- Santiago, Ezequiel — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Serra, Joseph C. — primary (person)
- Simmons, Caroline — primary (person)
- Slap, Derek — primary (person)
- Soto, Chris — primary (person)
- Stafstrom, Steven J. — primary (person)
- Stallworth, Charlie L. — primary (person)
- Steinberg, Jonathan — primary (person)
- Tercyak, Peter A. — primary (person)
- Tong, William — primary (person)
- Urban, Diana S. — primary (person)
- Vargas, Edwin — primary (person)
- Verrengia, Joe — primary (person)
- Walker, Toni E. — primary (person)
- Winfield, Gary A. — primary (person)
- Winkler, Michael — primary (person)
- Young, Philip L. — primary (person)
- de la Cruz, Joe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-05** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** PUBLIC HEARING 0319
- **2018-03-23** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-26** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-04-05** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/10/18
- **2018-04-11** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-11** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-04-11** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 264
- **2018-04-11** FILE NO. 415
- **2018-04-26** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-04-30** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-04-30** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 446
- **2018-05-05** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-05** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2018-05-05** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-09** PUBLIC ACT 18-9 `became-law`
- **2018-05-10** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-05-10** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2018-05-24** 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/4c133620-af6b-4e37-86b3-c93d06eacc94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).