---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING DUAL LANDINGS OF FISH IN THE STATE."
description: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING DUAL LANDINGS OF FISH IN THE STATE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 226"
citation: "Connecticut SB 226 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commercial fishing", "New York State", "Rhode Island", "Energy and Environmental Protection", "Department of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckbee, Bill", "Carney, Devin R.", "Green, Robin", "Hayes, Rick L.", "Kelly, Kevin C.", "Lanoue, Brian", "Miner, Craig", "Somers, Heather S."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6b82b3c-7229-4d8c-90e3-1cde67288ba0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "608cafcc573e2b04cfa1bb97b36816a134f3f86af24005cffba1c199c171c237"
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 226 (2019) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING DUAL LANDINGS OF FISH IN THE STATE.

## 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-00226-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **ENV Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00226-R02-SB.PDF)
3. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00226-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Buckbee, Bill — primary (person)
- Carney, Devin R. — primary (person)
- Green, Robin — primary (person)
- Hayes, Rick L. — primary (person)
- Kelly, Kevin C. — primary (person)
- Lanoue, Brian — primary (person)
- Miner, Craig — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25** Vote to Draft
- **2019-02-06** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2019-02-07** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** PUBLIC HEARING 0215
- **2019-02-25** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-03-06** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/11/19
- **2019-03-12** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-03-12** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-03-12** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 46
- **2019-03-12** FILE NO. 45
- **2019-04-24** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2019-04-24** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2019-04-26** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-04-26** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 502
- **2019-06-04** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2019-06-04** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-12** PUBLIC ACT 19-28 `became-law`
- **2019-06-17** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2019-06-17** 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/b6b82b3c-7229-4d8c-90e3-1cde67288ba0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).