---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING REGIONAL ANIMAL CONTROL SHELTERS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING REGIONAL ANIMAL CONTROL SHELTERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 6643"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6643 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Regionalism", "Animal shelters"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Arnone, Tom", "Delnicki, Tom", "Floren, Livvy R.", "Kokoruda, Noreen S.", "MacLachlan, Jesse", "Pavalock-D'Amato, Cara Christine", "Simms, Travis", "Slap, Derek"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f62cde3b-5b8c-414a-80ce-fa3579ef0171"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "d3dec628f9a7ac56068865d8187a7016a7a6343f349e18309ee5ca9bd4e0ecb1"
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 6643 (2019) — AN ACT CONCERNING REGIONAL ANIMAL CONTROL SHELTERS.

## Version chain

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

1. **ENV Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-06643-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-06643-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Arnone, Tom — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Floren, Livvy R. — primary (person)
- Kokoruda, Noreen S. — primary (person)
- MacLachlan, Jesse — primary (person)
- Pavalock-D'Amato, Cara Christine — primary (person)
- Simms, Travis — primary (person)
- Slap, Derek — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** PUBLIC HEARING 0204
- **2019-02-25** Joint Favorable Substitute `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 47
- **2019-03-13** FILE NO. 53
- **2019-04-23** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2019-04-25** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-04-25** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 403
- **2019-05-28** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2019-05-28** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-01** PUBLIC ACT 19-8 `became-law`
- **2019-06-04** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2019-06-04** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2019-06-10** 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/f62cde3b-5b8c-414a-80ce-fa3579ef0171`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).