---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING IMMUNITY FROM CRIMINAL PROSECUTION FOR A MINOR WHO POSSESSES ALCOHOL WHEN THE MINOR SEEKS EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO PREVENT THE DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY OF ANOTHER PERSON."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING IMMUNITY FROM CRIMINAL PROSECUTION FOR A MINOR WHO POSSESSES ALCOHOL WHEN THE MINOR SEEKS EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO PREVENT THE DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY OF ANOTHER PERSON."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 919"
citation: "Connecticut SB 919 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency medical services", "Immunity", "Liquor and minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abercrombie, Catherine F.", "Anwar, Saud", "Betts, Whit", "Carpino, Christie M.", "Comey, Robin E.", "Conley, Christine", "Currey, Jeff", "Delnicki, Tom", "Fishbein, Craig C.", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Kavros Degraw, Eleni", "Klarides-ditria, Nicole", "Linehan, Liz", "Mccarty, Kathleen M.", "Nolan, Anthony L.", "O'dea, Tom", "Polletta, Joe", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Veach, Donna", "Welander, Mary", "Witkos, Kevin D."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2021-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfb8d4f3-4bd3-4576-88f8-3ed0fb6b5868"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "86e518aa37555bc2dee9df3ef71caabc92e204ba38a0be2a52ad5f7e1eae21a0"
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 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING IMMUNITY FROM CRIMINAL PROSECUTION FOR A MINOR WHO POSSESSES ALCOHOL WHEN THE MINOR SEEKS EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO PREVENT THE DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY OF ANOTHER PERSON.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 487** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021SB-00919-R000487-FC.PDF)
2. **JUD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00919-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 21-142** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00142-R00SB-00919-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00919-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Abercrombie, Catherine F. — primary (person)
- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Betts, Whit — primary (person)
- Carpino, Christie M. — primary (person)
- Comey, Robin E. — primary (person)
- Conley, Christine — primary (person)
- Currey, Jeff — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Fishbein, Craig C. — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Kavros Degraw, Eleni — primary (person)
- Klarides-ditria, Nicole — primary (person)
- Linehan, Liz — primary (person)
- Mccarty, Kathleen M. — primary (person)
- Nolan, Anthony L. — primary (person)
- O'dea, Tom — primary (person)
- Polletta, Joe — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Veach, Donna — primary (person)
- Welander, Mary — primary (person)
- Witkos, Kevin D. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-19** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** PUBLIC HEARING 0315
- **2021-03-29** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-04-09** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/14/21
- **2021-04-15** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-04-15** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-04-15** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 291
- **2021-04-15** FILE NO. 487
- **2021-06-07** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-07** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2021-06-07** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULES.
- **2021-06-07** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-06-07** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 602
- **2021-06-09** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-09** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-24** PUBLIC ACT 21-142
- **2021-06-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-28** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-07-07** 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/bfb8d4f3-4bd3-4576-88f8-3ed0fb6b5868`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).