---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING EDUCATION ISSUES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING EDUCATION ISSUES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 7113"
citation: "Connecticut HB 7113 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Education Department", "Magnet schools", "Reports", "Studies", "Teacher certification", "Teacher tenure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Candelaria, Juan R.", "Gonzalez, Minnie", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Michel, David", "Mushinsky, Mary M.", "Palm, Christine", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Serra, Joseph C.", "Somers, Heather S.", "Stallworth, Charlie L.", "Steinberg, Jonathan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d9abf42-bf33-49df-a96c-da036f03411c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "87667e8ff642c00e939ba7313ff14a32b474d12ebea9ba4a942cd94548cfd3e0"
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 7113 (2019) — AN ACT CONCERNING EDUCATION ISSUES.

## Version chain

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

1. **ED Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07113-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07113-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Candelaria, Juan R. — primary (person)
- Gonzalez, Minnie — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Mushinsky, Mary M. — primary (person)
- Palm, Christine — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Serra, Joseph C. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)
- Stallworth, Charlie L. — primary (person)
- Steinberg, Jonathan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** PUBLIC HEARING 0222
- **2019-03-25** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-04-04** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/09/19
- **2019-04-10** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-04-10** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-04-10** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 349
- **2019-04-10** FILE NO. 576
- **2019-05-22** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-05-22** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B
- **2019-05-22** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A,B `passage`
- **2019-05-24** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-05-24** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 598
- **2019-05-24** FILE NO. 993
- **2019-06-05** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A,B
- **2019-06-05** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A,B
- **2019-06-05** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-24** PUBLIC ACT 19-139 `became-law`
- **2019-06-27** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2019-06-27** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2019-07-09** 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/4d9abf42-bf33-49df-a96c-da036f03411c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).