---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES REGARDING EMERGENCY MEDICATION."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES REGARDING EMERGENCY MEDICATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 967"
citation: "Connecticut SB 967 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Defendants", "Drugs", "Hospitals", "Mentally ill persons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gucker, Kenneth M", "Petit, William A."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee7d7cfb-235c-4dc0-b6cc-25a9dea192a0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "2e216d72f7f9e085b77afdbebe69f3a3e961d7c8390feb9c77ac363740fecb6e"
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 967 (2019) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES REGARDING EMERGENCY MEDICATION.

## 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-00967-R02-SB.PDF)
2. **PH Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00967-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00967-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Petit, William A. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-28** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** PUBLIC HEARING 0313
- **2019-03-22** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-04-04** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/09/19
- **2019-04-10** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-04-10** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-04-10** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 299
- **2019-04-10** FILE NO. 596
- **2019-04-17** REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-22** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-23** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-04-23** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-04-23** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-05-31** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2019-05-31** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2019-06-01** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-06-01** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 710
- **2019-06-05** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2019-06-05** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-20** PUBLIC ACT 19-99 `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/ee7d7cfb-235c-4dc0-b6cc-25a9dea192a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).