---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT REMOVING THE TERM \"HOMEMAKER\" IN REFERENCE TO HOME HEALTH AIDE AGENCIES AND SERVICES."
description: "AN ACT REMOVING THE TERM \"HOMEMAKER\" IN REFERENCE TO HOME HEALTH AIDE AGENCIES AND SERVICES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 919"
citation: "Connecticut SB 919 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Home health agencies", "Home health care", "Homemaker-home health aides"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Serra, Joseph C."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b2eea8d-dcab-4b16-bb05-b5669fcaa0cc"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "25138977d0c42ee3d2a45dedd1940925226c104e7cbd354d994c2b13b61bfbc6"
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 919 (2019) — AN ACT REMOVING THE TERM "HOMEMAKER" IN REFERENCE TO HOME HEALTH AIDE AGENCIES AND SERVICES.

## Version chain

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

1. **PH Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00919-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00919-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Serra, Joseph C. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** PUBLIC HEARING 0304
- **2019-03-08** Joint Favorable `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 129
- **2019-03-28** FILE NO. 231
- **2019-04-24** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2019-04-24** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2019-04-26** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-04-26** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 508
- **2019-06-05** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2019-06-05** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-19** PUBLIC ACT 19-97 `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/2b2eea8d-dcab-4b16-bb05-b5669fcaa0cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).