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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING COSTS FOR IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE SERVICES FOR PERSONS WHO ARE INDIGENT AND ARE SEEKING RESTORATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATOR'S LICENSE."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING COSTS FOR IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE SERVICES FOR PERSONS WHO ARE INDIGENT AND ARE SEEKING RESTORATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATOR'S LICENSE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 5579"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5579 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drunken driving", "Ignition interlock devices", "Indigent persons", "Motor vehicle operator license suspension"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackert, Tim", "Doyle, Paul R.", "Genga, Henry J.", "Hwang, Tony", "Kissel, John A.", "Miller, Patricia Billie", "Morris, Bruce V.", "Sanchez, Robert", "Smith, Richard A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-21"
last_action: "2018-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4b929f0-8662-4539-9a78-b9ea82f46d0a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "4b1d4b62c613495b9024174fb8f1565d852c0edbe615e7315d3872cb1ba35335"
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 5579 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING COSTS FOR IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE SERVICES FOR PERSONS WHO ARE INDIGENT AND ARE SEEKING RESTORATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATOR'S LICENSE.
## 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-05579-R00-HB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05579-R01-HB.htm)
## Votes
- Senate Roll Call Vote 280 ADOPT — **360** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote 165 AS AMENDED — **1490** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ackert, Tim — primary (person)
- Doyle, Paul R. — primary (person)
- Genga, Henry J. — primary (person)
- Hwang, Tony — primary (person)
- Kissel, John A. — primary (person)
- Miller, Patricia Billie — primary (person)
- Morris, Bruce V. — primary (person)
- Sanchez, Robert — primary (person)
- Smith, Richard A. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-03-21** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** PUBLIC HEARING 0326
- **2018-04-04** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-04-13** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/18/18
- **2018-04-19** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-19** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-04-19** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 401
- **2018-04-19** FILE NO. 599
- **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 492
- **2018-05-03** FILE NO. 679
- **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 18-30 `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/f4b929f0-8662-4539-9a78-b9ea82f46d0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).