---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING QUARANTINE AND DISPOSAL ORDERS OF ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING QUARANTINE AND DISPOSAL ORDERS OF ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 7297"
citation: "Connecticut HB 7297 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animal control officers", "Animals", "Cats", "Dogs", "Euthanasia", "Guide dogs and assistance dogs", "Misdemeanors", "Police dogs", "Quarantine", "Rabies", "State Veterinarian"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kennedy, Kathy", "O'Dea, Tom", "Somers, Heather S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-05"
last_action: "2019-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21101682-9fe2-4b67-91ca-f9d6a5892007"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "857a32d02f02a4a1aac16ef666e1915d34892b29b74d5dfee15bd70812d2d484"
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 7297 (2019) — AN ACT CONCERNING QUARANTINE AND DISPOSAL ORDERS OF ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS.

## 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-07297-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07297-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Kennedy, Kathy — primary (person)
- O'Dea, Tom — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-05** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** PUBLIC HEARING 0311
- **2019-03-25** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-04-05** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/10/19
- **2019-04-11** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-04-11** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-04-11** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 373
- **2019-04-11** FILE NO. 619
- **2019-06-05** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-05** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2019-06-05** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2019-06-05** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-06-05** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 698
- **2019-06-05** RULES SUSPENDED
- **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
- **2019-06-26** PUBLIC ACT 19-197 `became-law`
- **2019-06-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2019-06-28** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2019-07-12** 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/21101682-9fe2-4b67-91ca-f9d6a5892007`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).