---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT EXTENDING THE REPORTING DEADLINE OF THE TASK FORCE TO STUDY VOLUNTARY ADMISSION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES."
description: "AN ACT EXTENDING THE REPORTING DEADLINE OF THE TASK FORCE TO STUDY VOLUNTARY ADMISSION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5779"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5779 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Reports", "Task forces", "Children in custody or care of Department of Children and Families"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Green, Robin", "Hartley, Joan V.", "Labriola, David K.", "Logan, George S.", "Michel, David", "Rebimbas, Rosa C."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d7d074f-41cc-414a-a9a2-4016ed9e8bd5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "efd0bd97dde2c523449ebd412910f6ad0607fef4ad235aa6270d6932479dffc6"
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 HB 5779 (2019) — AN ACT EXTENDING THE REPORTING DEADLINE OF THE TASK FORCE TO STUDY VOLUNTARY ADMISSION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-05779-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **KID Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-05779-R02-HB.PDF)
3. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-05779-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Green, Robin — primary (person)
- Hartley, Joan V. — primary (person)
- Labriola, David K. — primary (person)
- Logan, George S. — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Rebimbas, Rosa C. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Committee on Children `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Vote to Draft
- **2019-02-05** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2019-02-06** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Committee on Children `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** PUBLIC HEARING 0214
- **2019-02-21** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-03-07** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/12/19
- **2019-03-13** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-03-13** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-03-13** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 46
- **2019-03-13** FILE NO. 52
- **2019-05-23** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2019-05-28** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-05-28** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 611
- **2019-06-04** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2019-06-04** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-13** SPECIAL ACT 19-9
- **2019-06-17** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2019-06-17** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2019-06-18** 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/1d7d074f-41cc-414a-a9a2-4016ed9e8bd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).