---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 795"
citation: "Connecticut SB 795 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Automatic external defibrillators", "Good Samaritan Law", "Immunity"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Bergstein, Alexandra", "Butler, Larry B.", "Cheeseman, Holly H.", "Frey, John H.", "Genga, Henry J.", "Klarides-Ditria, Nicole", "Leone, Carlo", "Needleman, Norman", "Osten, Catherine A.", "Petit, William A.", "Serra, Joseph C.", "Verrengia, Joe"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b5f8cee-f7a0-413d-aee2-e040cb567703"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "1c5b5c3dfd75f22b3e8a2f89af88a0ee0b2f5d062765e4cbcb23d4749ac6370d"
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 795 (2019) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS.

## Version chain

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

1. **JUD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00795-R02-SB.PDF)
2. **PH Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00795-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00795-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Bergstein, Alexandra — primary (person)
- Butler, Larry B. — primary (person)
- Cheeseman, Holly H. — primary (person)
- Frey, John H. — primary (person)
- Genga, Henry J. — primary (person)
- Klarides-Ditria, Nicole — primary (person)
- Leone, Carlo — primary (person)
- Needleman, Norman — primary (person)
- Osten, Catherine A. — primary (person)
- Petit, William A. — primary (person)
- Serra, Joseph C. — primary (person)
- Verrengia, Joe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** PUBLIC HEARING 0204
- **2019-02-13** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-13** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-02-21** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 02/26/19
- **2019-02-27** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-02-27** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-02-27** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 21
- **2019-02-27** FILE NO. 8
- **2019-04-17** REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-22** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-23** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-04-23** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-04-23** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-06-05** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-05** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-05** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2019-06-05** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-06-05** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 736
- **2019-06-05** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-05** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2019-06-05** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-20** PUBLIC ACT 19-113 `became-law`
- **2019-06-24** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2019-06-24** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2019-07-01** 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/1b5f8cee-f7a0-413d-aee2-e040cb567703`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).