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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT CONCERNING INCREASED PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO TAX VIOLATIONS, A CONTINUING EDUCATION OPTION FOR CERTAIN EMBALMERS OR FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND THE IMPOSITION OF THE TOBACCO PRODUCTS TAX ON CIGARS."
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description: "AN ACT CONCERNING INCREASED PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO TAX VIOLATIONS, A CONTINUING EDUCATION OPTION FOR CERTAIN EMBALMERS OR FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND THE IMPOSITION OF THE TOBACCO PRODUCTS TAX ON CIGARS."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
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legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 5429"
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citation: "Connecticut HB 5429 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Cigarette tax", "Embalmers", "Felonies", "Fines (Penalties)", "Funeral directors", "Sentence and punishment", "Tobacco products tax"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Fleischmann, Andrew M.", "Genga, Henry J.", "Somers, Heather B."]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-03-06"
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last_action: "2018-05-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ae3b14e-c8cf-4bdc-a513-11cf0f2f7dc1"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
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source_hash: "a7da05eaa797f9ecfc8314f7030adf3f9b454c41622ebcbe4fe8b8ddf15086b9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ct"]
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---
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# Connecticut HB 5429 (2018) — AN ACT CONCERNING INCREASED PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO TAX VIOLATIONS, A CONTINUING EDUCATION OPTION FOR CERTAIN EMBALMERS OR FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND THE IMPOSITION OF THE TOBACCO PRODUCTS TAX ON CIGARS.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **R00** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05429-R00-HB.htm)
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2. **R01** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/2018/tob/h/2018HB-05429-R01-HB.htm)
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## Votes
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- Senate Roll Call Vote 281 ADOPT — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Roll Call Vote 171 AS AMENDED — **133–12** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Fleischmann, Andrew M. — primary (person)
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- Genga, Henry J. — primary (person)
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- Somers, Heather B. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-03-06** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Finance, Revenue and Bonding `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-12** PUBLIC HEARING 0316
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- **2018-04-05** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-04-06** FILED WITH LCO
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- **2018-04-16** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/23/18
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- **2018-04-23** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
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- **2018-04-23** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
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- **2018-04-23** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 417
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- **2018-04-23** FILE NO. 637
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- **2018-05-02** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
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- **2018-05-02** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
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- **2018-05-02** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
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- **2018-05-03** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
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- **2018-05-03** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 493
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- **2018-05-03** FILE NO. 673
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- **2018-05-08** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
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- **2018-05-08** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A
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- **2018-05-08** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
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- **2018-05-15** PUBLIC ACT 18-25 `became-law`
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- **2018-05-17** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
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- **2018-05-17** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
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- **2018-05-29** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ae3b14e-c8cf-4bdc-a513-11cf0f2f7dc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).
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