---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE RELEASE OF INMATES SUFFERING FROM OPIOID USE DISORDER AND REPEALING OBSOLETE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION STATUTES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE RELEASE OF INMATES SUFFERING FROM OPIOID USE DISORDER AND REPEALING OBSOLETE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION STATUTES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 7217"
citation: "Connecticut HB 7217 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled substances", "Correction Department", "Drug abuse treatment", "Release (Criminal procedure)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Bergstein, Alexandra", "Blumenthal, Matt", "Comey, Robin E.", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Leone, Carlo", "Needleman, Norman", "Osten, Catherine A.", "Rebimbas, Rosa C.", "Somers, Heather S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/967c2ece-f11a-45c6-a29a-dbc6a085e27b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "5cbadfb18ae572f729bdd39cc78a29b40cbff5ae3f894e2630157dcb506555da"
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 7217 (2019) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE RELEASE OF INMATES SUFFERING FROM OPIOID USE DISORDER AND REPEALING OBSOLETE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION STATUTES.

## Version chain

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

1. **JUD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07217-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07217-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Bergstein, Alexandra — primary (person)
- Blumenthal, Matt — primary (person)
- Comey, Robin E. — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Leone, Carlo — primary (person)
- Needleman, Norman — primary (person)
- Osten, Catherine A. — primary (person)
- Rebimbas, Rosa C. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** PUBLIC HEARING 0306
- **2019-03-20** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-03-29** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/03/19
- **2019-04-04** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-04-04** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-04-04** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 280
- **2019-04-04** FILE NO. 428
- **2019-05-23** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-05-23** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2019-05-28** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-05-28** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 623
- **2019-05-28** FILE NO. 1006
- **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
- **2019-06-25** PUBLIC ACT 19-167 `became-law`
- **2019-06-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2019-06-28** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2019-07-08** 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/967c2ece-f11a-45c6-a29a-dbc6a085e27b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).