---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING A PILOT PROGRAM FOR HEMP PRODUCTION."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING A PILOT PROGRAM FOR HEMP PRODUCTION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 893"
citation: "Connecticut SB 893 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Department of", "Consumer Protection Department", "Fees", "Fines (Penalties)", "Licenses", "State regulations", "specific", "Hemp"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyd, Patrick S.", "Davis, Christopher", "Dubitsky, Doug", "Formica, Paul M.", "Haines, Irene M.", "Michel, David", "Osten, Catherine A.", "Rojas, Jason", "Rose, Kim", "Somers, Heather S.", "Vargas, Edwin", "Zawistowski, Tami"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc1b4574-3d09-4fdd-a01d-c2bf2d52333e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "caaedc7995b88c242f52ddc9979a3201904fa4507c054bf1a224a541a3eae321"
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 893 (2019) — AN ACT CONCERNING A PILOT PROGRAM FOR HEMP PRODUCTION.

## Version chain

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

1. **ENV Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00893-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00893-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Boyd, Patrick S. — primary (person)
- Davis, Christopher — primary (person)
- Dubitsky, Doug — primary (person)
- Formica, Paul M. — primary (person)
- Haines, Irene M. — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Osten, Catherine A. — primary (person)
- Rojas, Jason — primary (person)
- Rose, Kim — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)
- Vargas, Edwin — primary (person)
- Zawistowski, Tami — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** PUBLIC HEARING 0301
- **2019-03-08** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-03-22** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/27/19
- **2019-03-28** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-03-28** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-03-28** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 120
- **2019-03-28** FILE NO. 230
- **2019-04-25** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-04-25** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-04-25** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2019-04-29** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-04-29** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 515
- **2019-05-06** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-07** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-05-07** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-05-07** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2019-05-08** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-05-08** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2019-05-08** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-05-08** RULES SUSPENDED, TRANSMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR
- **2019-05-09** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR IN ORIGINAL `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-14** PUBLIC ACT 19-3 `became-law`
- **2019-05-14** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc1b4574-3d09-4fdd-a01d-c2bf2d52333e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).