---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMS OPERATED BY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION OUTSIDE OF THE STATE."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMS OPERATED BY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION OUTSIDE OF THE STATE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 7253"
citation: "Connecticut HB 7253 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Distance learning", "Higher Education", "Office of", "Institution of higher education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker, Andre F.", "Butler, Larry B.", "Gibson, Bobby G.", "Haddad, Gregory", "Michel, David", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Somers, Heather S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2019-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e685dbbd-fcdd-4c4a-ac72-c81aa0f89535"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "cde3e9252ad5c137e8a01f3eaea478b519aeee8f69f800b0f407b00d4fc4957f"
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 7253 (2019) — AN ACT CONCERNING DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMS OPERATED BY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION OUTSIDE OF THE STATE.

## Version chain

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

1. **HED Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07253-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07253-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Baker, Andre F. — primary (person)
- Butler, Larry B. — primary (person)
- Gibson, Bobby G. — primary (person)
- Haddad, Gregory — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-28** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Higher Education and Employment Advancement `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** PUBLIC HEARING 0305
- **2019-03-12** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** 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 154
- **2019-03-28** FILE NO. 204
- **2019-04-24** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2019-04-25** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-04-25** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 416
- **2019-06-05** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2019-06-05** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-25** PUBLIC ACT 19-174 `became-law`
- **2019-06-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2019-06-28** 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/e685dbbd-fcdd-4c4a-ac72-c81aa0f89535`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).