---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING VALIDATION OF CONVEYANCE DEFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH AN INSTRUMENT THAT WAS EXECUTED PURSUANT TO A POWER OF ATTORNEY."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING VALIDATION OF CONVEYANCE DEFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH AN INSTRUMENT THAT WAS EXECUTED PURSUANT TO A POWER OF ATTORNEY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 833"
citation: "Connecticut SB 833 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Conveyances", "Power of attorney"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["O'Dea, Tom", "Rebimbas, Rosa C.", "Somers, Heather S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03895d49-966d-4b05-8c77-46861971b845"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "2c1584a8e6375827de7dc776622b9111ee05c223ce656797b1fb04ef19d581df"
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 833 (2019) — AN ACT CONCERNING VALIDATION OF CONVEYANCE DEFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH AN INSTRUMENT THAT WAS EXECUTED PURSUANT TO A POWER OF ATTORNEY.

## 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/s/pdf/2019SB-00833-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00833-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- O'Dea, Tom — primary (person)
- Rebimbas, Rosa C. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** PUBLIC HEARING 0222
- **2019-04-08** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-04-22** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/29/19
- **2019-04-29** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-04-29** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-04-29** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 436
- **2019-04-29** FILE NO. 835
- **2019-06-03** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2019-06-03** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2019-06-03** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2019-06-03** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-06-03** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 717
- **2019-06-05** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2019-06-05** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2019-06-05** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-19** PUBLIC ACT 19-85 `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/03895d49-966d-4b05-8c77-46861971b845`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).