---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM CONTRIBUTIONS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM CONTRIBUTIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 978"
citation: "Connecticut SB 978 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Teacher retirement health insurance", "Technical high schools"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conley, Christine", "Elliott, Josh", "Genga, Henry J.", "Hall, Joshua M.", "Hwang, Tony", "Lesser, Matthew L.", "Michel, David", "Rose, Kim", "Winkler, Michael A."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2019-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/442cbcfc-5364-4f64-b481-b93c2212476e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "546aac81c6f124715c5854b72717058af390a4334c072280f82938d041e79ecc"
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 978 (2019) — AN ACT CONCERNING TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM CONTRIBUTIONS.

## Version chain

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

1. **FIN Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00978-R02-SB.PDF)
2. **INS Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00978-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00978-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Conley, Christine — primary (person)
- Elliott, Josh — primary (person)
- Genga, Henry J. — primary (person)
- Hall, Joshua M. — primary (person)
- Hwang, Tony — primary (person)
- Lesser, Matthew L. — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Rose, Kim — primary (person)
- Winkler, Michael A. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-28** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Insurance and Real Estate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** PUBLIC HEARING 0307
- **2019-03-14** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-03-27** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/01/19
- **2019-04-02** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-04-02** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-04-02** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 172
- **2019-04-02** FILE NO. 328
- **2019-05-08** REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ON Finance, Revenue and Bonding `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-14** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-05-14** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-05-14** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Finance, Revenue and Bonding `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-05-30** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-05-30** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-05-30** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2019-06-01** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-06-01** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 697
- **2019-06-04** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-04** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2019-06-04** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-18** PUBLIC ACT 19-73 `became-law`
- **2019-06-24** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2019-06-24** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2019-06-28** 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/442cbcfc-5364-4f64-b481-b93c2212476e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).