---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE WORKFORCE TRAINING NEEDS IN THE STATE AND REVISIONS TO AND REGULATION OF GRATUITIES PERMITTED OR APPLIED AS PART OF THE MINIMUM FAIR WAGE."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE WORKFORCE TRAINING NEEDS IN THE STATE AND REVISIONS TO AND REGULATION OF GRATUITIES PERMITTED OR APPLIED AS PART OF THE MINIMUM FAIR WAGE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 7501"
citation: "Connecticut HB 7501 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor Department", "Minimum wages", "Reports", "State regulations", "specific", "Studies", "Unemployed persons", "Workforce development", "Gratuities", "Workforce Training Authority"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aresimowicz, Joe", "Duff, Bob", "Fasano, Leonard A.", "Klarides, Themis", "Looney, Martin M.", "Ritter, Matthew"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-12-17"
last_action: "2020-01-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46b943e3-fea1-4f3b-a178-bd6d00ea99cb"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "512ed9392bc0d1c44c31e3f45820683b17bd1b1827a59eb67a5ec3e27001d946"
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 7501 (2019) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE WORKFORCE TRAINING NEEDS IN THE STATE AND REVISIONS TO AND REGULATION OF GRATUITIES PERMITTED OR APPLIED AS PART OF THE MINIMUM FAIR WAGE.

## Version chain

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

1. **New Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07501-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Aresimowicz, Joe — primary (person)
- Duff, Bob — primary (person)
- Fasano, Leonard A. — primary (person)
- Klarides, Themis — primary (person)
- Looney, Martin M. — primary (person)
- Ritter, Matthew — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-17** EMERGENCY CERTIFICATION
- **2019-12-18** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-12-18** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2019-12-18** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2019-12-18** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-12-18** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-12-18** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-12-18** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-12-23** PUBLIC ACT 19-1 `became-law`
- **2020-01-02** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2020-01-02** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2020-01-06** 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/46b943e3-fea1-4f3b-a178-bd6d00ea99cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).