---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A FIRM GRADUATION DATE."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A FIRM GRADUATION DATE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 7258"
citation: "Connecticut HB 7258 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["High school graduation", "School year"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis, Christopher", "Delnicki, Tom", "Dubitsky, Doug", "Formica, Paul M.", "Genga, Henry J.", "Petit, William A.", "Somers, Heather S.", "Winkler, Michael A.", "Zawistowski, Tami"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2019-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c060fc59-9217-4c0b-982d-89aa7d1be0e6"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "8eda2e5e45c0a0d22e83218fd3a8eceac03e4a6813eede38b47bc672f30e3a9a"
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 7258 (2019) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A FIRM GRADUATION DATE.

## Version chain

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

1. **ED Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07258-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07258-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Davis, Christopher — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Dubitsky, Doug — primary (person)
- Formica, Paul M. — primary (person)
- Genga, Henry J. — primary (person)
- Petit, William A. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)
- Winkler, Michael A. — primary (person)
- Zawistowski, Tami — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-28** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** PUBLIC HEARING 0306
- **2019-03-15** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-03-26** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/01/19
- **2019-04-02** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-04-02** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-04-02** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 205
- **2019-04-02** FILE NO. 297
- **2019-06-05** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-05** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2019-06-05** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2019-06-05** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-06-05** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 699
- **2019-06-05** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-05** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-06** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-26** PUBLIC ACT 19-195 `became-law`
- **2019-06-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2019-06-28** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2019-07-12** 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/c060fc59-9217-4c0b-982d-89aa7d1be0e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).