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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING MINORITY TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING MINORITY TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 455"
citation: "Connecticut SB 455 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advisory bodies", "Education Department", "Minority teachers", "Reports", "School paraprofessionals", "State Board of Education", "Studies", "Task forces", "Teacher certification", "Teacher evaluation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker, Andre F.", "Butler, Larry B.", "Byron, Gary", "Candelaria, Juan R.", "Cassano, Steve", "Cummings, Stephanie E.", "Currey, Jeff", "Delnicki, Tom", "Dillon, Patricia A.", "Duff, Bob", "Elliott, Josh", "Ferguson, Michael", "Fleischmann, Andrew M.", "Flexer, Mae", "Genga, Henry J.", "Gerratana, Terry B.", "Gibson, Bobby G.", "Gresko, Joseph P.", "Haddad, Gregory", "Hartley, Joan V.", "Johnson, Susan M.", "Kokoruda, Noreen S.", "Lavielle, Gail", "Logan, George S.", "McCarty, Kathleen M.", "McLachlan, Michael A.", "Miller, Patricia Billie", "Osten, Catherine A.", "Petit, William A.", "Ritter, Matthew", "Rose, Kim", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Somers, Heather B.", "Staneski, Pam", "Tercyak, Peter A.", "Verrengia, Joe", "Winkler, Michael", "Wood, Terrie E.", "Zawistowski, Tami"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-07"
last_action: "2018-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c93ccb1a-ba18-49de-a4db-a9300ec57d6d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "6c9d1e6841c9ca22f82840683e62175bb9ea44121e3c003a146a61ae5557c98f"
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 SB 455 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING MINORITY TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.
## 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/s/2018SB-00455-R00-SB.htm)
2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/s/2018SB-00455-R01-SB.htm)
## Votes
- House Roll Call Vote 240 AS AMENDED — **1460** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote 142 ADOPT — **350** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Baker, Andre F. — primary (person)
- Butler, Larry B. — primary (person)
- Byron, Gary — primary (person)
- Candelaria, Juan R. — primary (person)
- Cassano, Steve — primary (person)
- Cummings, Stephanie E. — primary (person)
- Currey, Jeff — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Dillon, Patricia A. — primary (person)
- Duff, Bob — primary (person)
- Elliott, Josh — primary (person)
- Ferguson, Michael — primary (person)
- Fleischmann, Andrew M. — primary (person)
- Flexer, Mae — primary (person)
- Genga, Henry J. — primary (person)
- Gerratana, Terry B. — primary (person)
- Gibson, Bobby G. — primary (person)
- Gresko, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Haddad, Gregory — primary (person)
- Hartley, Joan V. — primary (person)
- Johnson, Susan M. — primary (person)
- Kokoruda, Noreen S. — primary (person)
- Lavielle, Gail — primary (person)
- Logan, George S. — primary (person)
- McCarty, Kathleen M. — primary (person)
- McLachlan, Michael A. — primary (person)
- Miller, Patricia Billie — primary (person)
- Osten, Catherine A. — primary (person)
- Petit, William A. — primary (person)
- Ritter, Matthew — primary (person)
- Rose, Kim — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather B. — primary (person)
- Staneski, Pam — primary (person)
- Tercyak, Peter A. — primary (person)
- Verrengia, Joe — primary (person)
- Winkler, Michael — primary (person)
- Wood, Terrie E. — primary (person)
- Zawistowski, Tami — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-03-07** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** PUBLIC HEARING 0314
- **2018-03-23** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-26** FILED WITH LCO
- **2018-04-06** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/11/18
- **2018-04-12** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2018-04-12** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2018-04-12** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 282
- **2018-04-12** FILE NO. 481
- **2018-05-02** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-02** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-02** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2018-05-04** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2018-05-04** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 505
- **2018-05-07** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2018-05-07** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2018-05-07** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2018-05-16** PUBLIC ACT 18-34 `became-law`
- **2018-05-17** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2018-05-17** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2018-05-31** 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/c93ccb1a-ba18-49de-a4db-a9300ec57d6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).