---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT MODERNIZING THE STATE'S COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION STATUTES."
description: "AN ACT MODERNIZING THE STATE'S COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION STATUTES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 138"
citation: "Connecticut SB 138 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cooperative associations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berthel, Eric C.", "Boyd, Patrick S.", "Conley, Christine", "Flexer, Mae", "Haddad, Gregory", "Johnson, Susan M.", "Logan, George S.", "Osten, Catherine A.", "Petit, William A.", "Rebimbas, Rosa C.", "Serra, Joseph C."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22ebdfbd-279c-4e5f-9cf2-8c9f35262189"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "33d1c8919a4aceadb07ac57cea877545620ec5e4044991b24f13dd9e93d93bfa"
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 SB 138 (2019) — AN ACT MODERNIZING THE STATE'S COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION STATUTES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00138-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **JUD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00138-R02-SB.PDF)
3. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00138-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Berthel, Eric C. — primary (person)
- Boyd, Patrick S. — primary (person)
- Conley, Christine — primary (person)
- Flexer, Mae — primary (person)
- Haddad, Gregory — primary (person)
- Johnson, Susan M. — primary (person)
- Logan, George S. — primary (person)
- Osten, Catherine A. — primary (person)
- Petit, William A. — primary (person)
- Rebimbas, Rosa C. — primary (person)
- Serra, Joseph C. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Vote to Draft
- **2019-03-19** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2019-03-20** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** PUBLIC HEARING 0403
- **2019-04-12** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-12** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-04-23** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/29/19
- **2019-04-30** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-04-30** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-04-30** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 450
- **2019-04-30** FILE NO. 854
- **2019-05-21** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2019-05-21** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2019-05-22** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-05-22** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 641
- **2019-06-05** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2019-06-05** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-14** PUBLIC ACT 19-65 `became-law`
- **2019-06-19** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2019-06-19** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2019-06-26** 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/22ebdfbd-279c-4e5f-9cf2-8c9f35262189`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).