---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF VEIL PIERCING TO DETERMINE THE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF AN INTEREST HOLDER OF A DOMESTIC ENTITY FOR THE DEBTS, OBLIGATIONS OR OTHER LIABILITIES OF SUCH ENTITY AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF A DOMESTIC ENTITY FOR THE DEBTS, OBLIGATIONS OR OTHER LIABILITIES OF AN INTEREST HOLDER OF SUCH ENTITY."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF VEIL PIERCING TO DETERMINE THE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF AN INTEREST HOLDER OF A DOMESTIC ENTITY FOR THE DEBTS, OBLIGATIONS OR OTHER LIABILITIES OF SUCH ENTITY AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF A DOMESTIC ENTITY FOR THE DEBTS, OBLIGATIONS OR OTHER LIABILITIES OF AN INTEREST HOLDER OF SUCH ENTITY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 7340"
citation: "Connecticut HB 7340 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corporations", "Liability", "Limited liability companies", "Limited liability partnerships", "Limited partnerships", "Nonstock corporations", "Stockholders"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Somers, Heather S.", "Stafstrom, Steven J."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-08"
last_action: "2019-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73eea555-2e5c-4793-ba1b-773fdfde7c4a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "cfde9a0b54beadf9cb4e1a461d30ffffe91f88bfb66b6bdececae1ddf0da7a1a"
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 7340 (2019) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF VEIL PIERCING TO DETERMINE THE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF AN INTEREST HOLDER OF A DOMESTIC ENTITY FOR THE DEBTS, OBLIGATIONS OR OTHER LIABILITIES OF SUCH ENTITY AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF A DOMESTIC ENTITY FOR THE DEBTS, OBLIGATIONS OR OTHER LIABILITIES OF AN INTEREST HOLDER OF SUCH ENTITY.

## 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-07340-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07340-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)
- Stafstrom, Steven J. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-08** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** PUBLIC HEARING 0315
- **2019-04-08** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-04-18** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/24/19
- **2019-04-25** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-04-25** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-04-25** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 492
- **2019-04-25** FILE NO. 784
- **2019-05-14** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-05-14** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2019-05-16** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-05-16** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 496
- **2019-05-16** FILE NO. 907
- **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 19-181 `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/73eea555-2e5c-4793-ba1b-773fdfde7c4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).