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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY OF A ZONING COMMISSION TO REGULATE THE BRIGHTNESS AND ILLUMINATION OF ADVERTISING SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY OF A ZONING COMMISSION TO REGULATE THE BRIGHTNESS AND ILLUMINATION OF ADVERTISING SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 5515"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5515 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Light pollution", "Outdoor advertising", "Zoning"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker, Andre F.", "Candelaria, Juan R.", "DiMassa, Michael A.", "Dillon, Patricia A.", "Genga, Henry J.", "Hennessy, John \"Jack\" F.", "Lemar, Roland J.", "Paolillo, Alphonse", "Porter, Robyn A.", "Rosario, Christopher", "Santiago, Ezequiel", "Stallworth, Charlie L.", "Walker, Toni E."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-12"
last_action: "2018-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89fc4d53-e085-48b1-b900-5e53d07888fc"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "803af9259f556b6e12af856d33cf5aa1ab7be1bb493a795cd5e30ff72b632e3a"
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 5515 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY OF A ZONING COMMISSION TO REGULATE THE BRIGHTNESS AND ILLUMINATION OF ADVERTISING SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS.
## 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-05515-R00-HB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05515-R01-HB.htm)
3. **R02** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05515-R02-HB.htm)
## Votes
- Senate Roll Call Vote 282 ADOPT — **360** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote 168 AS AMENDED — **12918** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Baker, Andre F. — primary (person)
- Candelaria, Juan R. — primary (person)
- DiMassa, Michael A. — primary (person)
- Dillon, Patricia A. — primary (person)
- Genga, Henry J. — primary (person)
- Hennessy, John "Jack" F. — primary (person)
- Lemar, Roland J. — primary (person)
- Paolillo, Alphonse — primary (person)
- Porter, Robyn A. — primary (person)
- Rosario, Christopher — primary (person)
- Santiago, Ezequiel — primary (person)
- Stallworth, Charlie L. — primary (person)
- Walker, Toni E. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-03-12** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** PUBLIC HEARING 0319
- **2018-04-02** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** 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 344
- **2018-04-16** FILE NO. 501
- **2018-04-24** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Planning and Development `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-25** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-25** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-04-25** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-25** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Planning and Development `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-25** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2018-05-02** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-02** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2018-05-02** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2018-05-03** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-05-03** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 501
- **2018-05-03** FILE NO. 681
- **2018-05-08** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-08** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-08** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-15** PUBLIC ACT 18-28 `became-law`
- **2018-05-17** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-05-17** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2018-05-29** 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/89fc4d53-e085-48b1-b900-5e53d07888fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).