---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT EXEMPTING CERTAIN PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE BOARDING OF CATS AND DOGS FROM THE REQUIREMENT TO OBTAIN A LICENSE TO OPERATE A COMMERCIAL KENNEL."
description: "AN ACT EXEMPTING CERTAIN PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE BOARDING OF CATS AND DOGS FROM THE REQUIREMENT TO OBTAIN A LICENSE TO OPERATE A COMMERCIAL KENNEL."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 7158"
citation: "Connecticut HB 7158 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cats", "Dogs", "Kennels"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gibson, Bobby G.", "Somers, Heather S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45deb92b-9dc4-49c4-bb5c-65fcf1188271"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "df1f69258ac7b8e5182851fce523cccac0181a38f21b220281ee0375e16c6425"
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 7158 (2019) — AN ACT EXEMPTING CERTAIN PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE BOARDING OF CATS AND DOGS FROM THE REQUIREMENT TO OBTAIN A LICENSE TO OPERATE A COMMERCIAL KENNEL.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **ENV Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07158-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07158-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Gibson, Bobby G. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** PUBLIC HEARING 0301
- **2019-03-08** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-03-22** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/27/19
- **2019-03-28** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-03-28** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-03-28** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 144
- **2019-03-28** FILE NO. 194
- **2019-05-16** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-05-16** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2019-05-20** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-05-20** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 529
- **2019-05-20** FILE NO. 937
- **2019-06-05** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-05** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-05** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-24** PUBLIC ACT 19-156 `became-law`
- **2019-06-27** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2019-06-27** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2019-07-09** 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/45deb92b-9dc4-49c4-bb5c-65fcf1188271`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).