---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING PRIMARY PETITIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR STATE LEGISLATIVE OFFICES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING PRIMARY PETITIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR STATE LEGISLATIVE OFFICES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 7212"
citation: "Connecticut HB 7212 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Candidates", "Petitions", "Primaries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Government Administration and Elections Committee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27d9a922-1104-41df-9237-cde955387d4f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "d7a5b2b621a4cb1aaa7a5a1ca76e3a9c980874ac8adaffc4c9058c9d32ff81d5"
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 7212 (2019) — AN ACT CONCERNING PRIMARY PETITIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR STATE LEGISLATIVE OFFICES.

## Version chain

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

1. **GAE Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07212-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07212-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Government Administration and Elections Committee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** PUBLIC HEARING 0227
- **2019-03-06** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-03-15** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/20/19
- **2019-03-21** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-03-21** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-03-21** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 88
- **2019-03-21** FILE NO. 98
- **2019-05-20** MOVED TO FOOT OF HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2019-05-31** REMOVED FROM FOOT OF CALENDAR, HOUSE
- **2019-05-31** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2019-05-31** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2019-06-01** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-06-01** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 660
- **2019-06-04** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2019-06-04** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-13** PUBLIC ACT 19-50 `became-law`
- **2019-06-19** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2019-06-19** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2019-06-28** 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/27d9a922-1104-41df-9237-cde955387d4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).