---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE EXPANSION OF CERTIFICATION COURSES IN CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION AND EDUCATION AND TRAINING COURSES IN THE USE OF AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF FIRST AID."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE EXPANSION OF CERTIFICATION COURSES IN CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION AND EDUCATION AND TRAINING COURSES IN THE USE OF AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF FIRST AID."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 6146"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6146 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Automatic external defibrillators", "Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)", "First aid", "Swimming"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butler, Larry B.", "Cook, Michelle L.", "Floren, Livvy R.", "Genga, Henry J.", "Kelly, Kevin C.", "Klarides-Ditria, Nicole", "Kokoruda, Noreen S.", "Logan, George S.", "Petit, William A.", "Rutigliano, David", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Serra, Joseph C.", "Somers, Heather S.", "Witkos, Kevin D."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb7b3b88-4208-436e-a1a7-eb754d0e1ee1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "e2de21710011a0bd6a4a564c00f483f1503244e1d11355e1efd90447172ea2d7"
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 6146 (2019) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE EXPANSION OF CERTIFICATION COURSES IN CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION AND EDUCATION AND TRAINING COURSES IN THE USE OF AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF FIRST AID.

## 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-06146-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **PH Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-06146-R02-HB.PDF)
3. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-06146-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Butler, Larry B. — primary (person)
- Cook, Michelle L. — primary (person)
- Floren, Livvy R. — primary (person)
- Genga, Henry J. — primary (person)
- Kelly, Kevin C. — primary (person)
- Klarides-Ditria, Nicole — primary (person)
- Kokoruda, Noreen S. — primary (person)
- Logan, George S. — primary (person)
- Petit, William A. — primary (person)
- Rutigliano, David — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Serra, Joseph C. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)
- Witkos, Kevin D. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** Vote to Draft
- **2019-02-20** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2019-02-21** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** PUBLIC HEARING 0304
- **2019-03-22** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-04-03** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/08/19
- **2019-04-09** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-04-09** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-04-09** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 336
- **2019-04-09** FILE NO. 554
- **2019-05-22** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-05-22** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2019-05-24** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-05-24** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 609
- **2019-05-24** FILE NO. 988
- **2019-06-05** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-05** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-05** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-20** PUBLIC ACT 19-105 `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/eb7b3b88-4208-436e-a1a7-eb754d0e1ee1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).