---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING APPLICATIONS FOR PREQUALIFICATION BY CONTRACTORS AND SUBSTANTIAL SUBCONTRACTORS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING APPLICATIONS FOR PREQUALIFICATION BY CONTRACTORS AND SUBSTANTIAL SUBCONTRACTORS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 916"
citation: "Connecticut SB 916 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contractors", "Public works contracts", "Subcontractors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Serra, Joseph C.", "Wood, Kerry Szeps"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f860da6b-b4b9-4e00-8202-edb58517abb2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "341803663ba0a80acdb00f984c25fc1a99c8f0ca7869dd20cffeafb552f5a50c"
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 916 (2019) — AN ACT CONCERNING APPLICATIONS FOR PREQUALIFICATION BY CONTRACTORS AND SUBSTANTIAL SUBCONTRACTORS.

## Version chain

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

1. **GAE Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00916-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00916-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Serra, Joseph C. — primary (person)
- Wood, Kerry Szeps — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** PUBLIC HEARING 0227
- **2019-03-06** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-03-15** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/20/19
- **2019-03-21** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-03-21** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-03-21** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 75
- **2019-03-21** FILE NO. 108
- **2019-04-17** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-04-17** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-04-17** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2019-04-18** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-04-18** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 468
- **2019-06-05** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-05** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2019-06-05** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2019-06-05** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-24** PUBLIC ACT 19-126 `became-law`
- **2019-06-27** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2019-06-27** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2019-07-09** 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/f860da6b-b4b9-4e00-8202-edb58517abb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).