---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT EXTENDING GOOD SAMARITAN PROTECTIONS FOR PERSONS OR ENTITIES THAT INCLUDE AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST WITHIN A CABINET CONTAINING AN AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR."
description: "AN ACT EXTENDING GOOD SAMARITAN PROTECTIONS FOR PERSONS OR ENTITIES THAT INCLUDE AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST WITHIN A CABINET CONTAINING AN AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 7190"
citation: "Connecticut HB 7190 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drug abuse treatment", "First aid", "Good Samaritan Law"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bizzarro, Gennaro", "Carpino, Christie M.", "Frey, John H.", "Hall, Carol", "Kelly, Kevin C.", "Kennedy, Kathy", "Klarides-Ditria, Nicole", "Logan, George S.", "O'Dea, Tom", "Petit, William A.", "Rebimbas, Rosa C.", "Rutigliano, David", "Sampson, Rob", "Serra, Joseph C.", "Somers, Heather S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72710805-61a7-4db9-aecc-c2236ef9ce51"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "5247f454cdf65d1ef3455a909192dc733642d32865afb5bec736543ebce10c9b"
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 7190 (2019) — AN ACT EXTENDING GOOD SAMARITAN PROTECTIONS FOR PERSONS OR ENTITIES THAT INCLUDE AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST WITHIN A CABINET CONTAINING AN AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR.

## 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-07190-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07190-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Bizzarro, Gennaro — primary (person)
- Carpino, Christie M. — primary (person)
- Frey, John H. — primary (person)
- Hall, Carol — primary (person)
- Kelly, Kevin C. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Kathy — primary (person)
- Klarides-Ditria, Nicole — primary (person)
- Logan, George S. — primary (person)
- O'Dea, Tom — primary (person)
- Petit, William A. — primary (person)
- Rebimbas, Rosa C. — primary (person)
- Rutigliano, David — 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.

- **2019-02-21** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** PUBLIC HEARING 0227
- **2019-04-12** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-12** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-04-18** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/24/19
- **2019-04-25** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-04-25** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-04-25** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 489
- **2019-04-25** FILE NO. 781
- **2019-05-16** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2019-05-20** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-05-20** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 536
- **2019-06-05** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2019-06-05** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-25** PUBLIC ACT 19-169 `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/72710805-61a7-4db9-aecc-c2236ef9ce51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).