---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT MAKING CHANGES TO DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION ENFORCEMENT STATUTES."
description: "AN ACT MAKING CHANGES TO DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION ENFORCEMENT STATUTES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 7299"
citation: "Connecticut HB 7299 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Architects", "Charitable organizations", "Community association managers", "Consumer Protection Department", "Controlled substances schedules", "Fees", "Fines (Penalties)", "Food factories", "warehouses and establishments", "Gasoline sales", "Licenses", "Occupational licenses", "Occupations", "Pharmacies", "Real estate appraisers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michel, David", "Serra, Joseph C.", "Somers, Heather S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-06"
last_action: "2019-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8d741f2-ca9a-4d90-94b6-1bbc29ddbfba"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "c6a777e13bd030dbbee88e6eb69c59ed2efebaf4374d4ad76cf5738f60cb2533"
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 7299 (2019) — AN ACT MAKING CHANGES TO DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION ENFORCEMENT STATUTES.

## Version chain

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

1. **GL Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07299-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07299-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Serra, Joseph C. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-06** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON General Law `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** PUBLIC HEARING 0312
- **2019-03-21** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-04-01** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/08/19
- **2019-04-08** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-04-08** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-04-08** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 325
- **2019-04-08** FILE NO. 498
- **2019-05-28** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-05-28** AMENDMENT WITHDRAWN HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B
- **2019-05-28** BILL PASSED TEMPORARILY
- **2019-05-29** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. C
- **2019-05-29** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A,C `passage`
- **2019-05-31** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-05-31** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 645
- **2019-05-31** FILE NO. 1026
- **2019-06-05** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A,C
- **2019-06-05** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A,C
- **2019-06-05** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-25** PUBLIC ACT 19-177 `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/e8d741f2-ca9a-4d90-94b6-1bbc29ddbfba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).