---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE AWARD OF DOUBLE OR TREBLE DAMAGES TO AN INJURED PARTY IN A CIVIL ACTION RESULTING FROM CERTAIN TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE AWARD OF DOUBLE OR TREBLE DAMAGES TO AN INJURED PARTY IN A CIVIL ACTION RESULTING FROM CERTAIN TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 7126"
citation: "Connecticut HB 7126 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Damages", "Traffic violations", "Mobile electronic device"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bizzarro, Gennaro", "Carney, Devin R.", "Hwang, Tony", "Kelly, Kevin C.", "Sampson, Rob", "Serra, Joseph C.", "Somers, Heather S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72a70859-44eb-477e-a59a-9f782c8a56ee"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "6601fb234fd496b1d27398544f875e8cad866b6b63167b83add80c6e025b6687"
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 7126 (2019) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE AWARD OF DOUBLE OR TREBLE DAMAGES TO AN INJURED PARTY IN A CIVIL ACTION RESULTING FROM CERTAIN TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.

## Version chain

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

1. **JUD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07126-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07126-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Bizzarro, Gennaro — primary (person)
- Carney, Devin R. — primary (person)
- Hwang, Tony — primary (person)
- Kelly, Kevin C. — primary (person)
- Sampson, Rob — primary (person)
- Serra, Joseph C. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** PUBLIC HEARING 0222
- **2019-03-20** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-03-29** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/03/19
- **2019-04-04** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-04-04** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-04-04** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 269
- **2019-04-04** FILE NO. 417
- **2019-04-24** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2019-04-25** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-04-25** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 417
- **2019-06-05** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2019-06-05** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-25** PUBLIC ACT 19-160 `became-law`
- **2019-06-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2019-06-28** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2019-07-08** 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/72a70859-44eb-477e-a59a-9f782c8a56ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).