---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT REQUIRING A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM AT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION."
description: "AN ACT REQUIRING A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM AT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 745"
citation: "Connecticut SB 745 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Academic degrees", "Reports", "Studies", "University of Connecticut", "Agricultural science and technology education", "Board of Regents for Higher Education", "Connecticut State Colleges and Universities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Buckbee, Bill", "Delnicki, Tom", "Dubitsky, Doug", "Kelly, Kevin C.", "Logan, George S.", "Rose, Kim", "Somers, Heather S.", "Stallworth, Charlie L.", "Wood, Terrie E.", "Zawistowski, Tami"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37f644e1-ef5e-4e24-bf36-9005ab1e61aa"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "649717c47ea4b29340ab2efe66cc0fd5821afe3d7f208464194887ad9fd34a86"
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 745 (2019) — AN ACT REQUIRING A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM AT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

## 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-00745-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **HED Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00745-R02-SB.PDF)
3. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00745-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Buckbee, Bill — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Dubitsky, Doug — primary (person)
- Kelly, Kevin C. — primary (person)
- Logan, George S. — primary (person)
- Rose, Kim — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)
- Stallworth, Charlie L. — primary (person)
- Wood, Terrie E. — primary (person)
- Zawistowski, Tami — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Higher Education and Employment Advancement `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Reserved for Subject Matter Public Hearing
- **2019-02-15** PUBLIC HEARING 0221
- **2019-03-06** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2019-03-07** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Higher Education and Employment Advancement `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-03-27** 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., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-04-02** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 157
- **2019-04-02** FILE NO. 316
- **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 646
- **2019-06-04** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2019-06-04** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2019-06-04** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-12** SPECIAL ACT 19-7
- **2019-06-17** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2019-06-17** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2019-06-21** 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/37f644e1-ef5e-4e24-bf36-9005ab1e61aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).