---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING EXPEDITED APPROVAL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PLANS SUBMITTED BY CONTRACTORS TO THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING EXPEDITED APPROVAL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PLANS SUBMITTED BY CONTRACTORS TO THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 857"
citation: "Connecticut SB 857 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Affirmative action", "Human Rights and Opportunities", "Commission on", "Public works contracts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bergstein, Alexandra", "Leone, Carlo", "Needleman, Norman", "Osten, Catherine A.", "Pavalock-D'Amato, Cara Christine", "Slap, Derek", "Stafstrom, Steven J."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de39f6f0-f83c-4c84-ac18-6525485b8f9c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "27b87daee40ed095d8fda5b45697e69ecb9b713149451c6dc5b545453821f4f6"
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 857 (2019) — AN ACT CONCERNING EXPEDITED APPROVAL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PLANS SUBMITTED BY CONTRACTORS TO THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES.

## 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-00857-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00857-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Bergstein, Alexandra — primary (person)
- Leone, Carlo — primary (person)
- Needleman, Norman — primary (person)
- Osten, Catherine A. — primary (person)
- Pavalock-D'Amato, Cara Christine — primary (person)
- Slap, Derek — primary (person)
- Stafstrom, Steven J. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** PUBLIC HEARING 0227
- **2019-03-20** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-04-01** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/08/19
- **2019-04-08** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-04-08** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-04-08** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 240
- **2019-04-08** FILE NO. 522
- **2019-04-17** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2019-04-17** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2019-04-18** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-04-18** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 467
- **2019-06-05** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2019-06-05** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2019-06-05** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-19** PUBLIC ACT 19-94 `became-law`
- **2019-06-24** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2019-06-24** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2019-07-08** 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/de39f6f0-f83c-4c84-ac18-6525485b8f9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).