republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2019/hb-7291.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING SCHOOL SECURITY."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING SCHOOL SECURITY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 7291"
citation: "Connecticut HB 7291 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education Department", "Reports", "School safety", "School security", "Emergency Services and Public Protection", "Department of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackert, Tim", "Anwar, Saud", "Bergstein, Alexandra", "Blumenthal, Matt", "Bolinsky, Mitch", "Borer, Dorinda", "Buckbee, Bill", "Butler, Larry B.", "Candelora, Vincent J.", "Carney, Devin R.", "Carpino, Christie M.", "Cheeseman, Holly H.", "Conley, Christine", "Cummings, Stephanie E.", "Delnicki, Tom", "Devlin, Laura M.", "Duff, Bob", "Ferraro, Charles J.", "Frey, John H.", "Genga, Henry J.", "Godfrey, Bob", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Hall, Carol", "Harding, Stephen G.", "Hwang, Tony", "Kelly, Kevin C.", "Klarides, Themis", "Klarides-Ditria, Nicole", "Kushner, Julie", "Leone, Carlo", "Logan, George S.", "McGorty, Ben", "Needleman, Norman", "O'Dea, Tom", "Osten, Catherine A.", "Perillo, Jason", "Petit, William A.", "Rebimbas, Rosa C.", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Rochelle, Kara", "Rutigliano, David", "Sampson, Rob", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Serra, Joseph C.", "Slap, Derek", "Sredzinski, J.P.", "Witkos, Kevin D.", "Wood, Terrie E.", "Yaccarino, Dave W.", "Zawistowski, Tami"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-01"
last_action: "2019-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7adba420-3236-4a36-adeb-4c94978e2d40"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "1e5d50a2c72e9b70ba6d90a95a44b9aa5701613768c060244b10846d1398ecb9"
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 7291 (2019) — AN ACT CONCERNING SCHOOL SECURITY.

## 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-07291-R02-HB.PDF)
2. **PS Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07291-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07291-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Ackert, Tim — primary (person)
- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Bergstein, Alexandra — primary (person)
- Blumenthal, Matt — primary (person)
- Bolinsky, Mitch — primary (person)
- Borer, Dorinda — primary (person)
- Buckbee, Bill — primary (person)
- Butler, Larry B. — primary (person)
- Candelora, Vincent J. — primary (person)
- Carney, Devin R. — primary (person)
- Carpino, Christie M. — primary (person)
- Cheeseman, Holly H. — primary (person)
- Conley, Christine — primary (person)
- Cummings, Stephanie E. — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Devlin, Laura M. — primary (person)
- Duff, Bob — primary (person)
- Ferraro, Charles J. — primary (person)
- Frey, John H. — primary (person)
- Genga, Henry J. — primary (person)
- Godfrey, Bob — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Hall, Carol — primary (person)
- Harding, Stephen G. — primary (person)
- Hwang, Tony — primary (person)
- Kelly, Kevin C. — primary (person)
- Klarides, Themis — primary (person)
- Klarides-Ditria, Nicole — primary (person)
- Kushner, Julie — primary (person)
- Leone, Carlo — primary (person)
- Logan, George S. — primary (person)
- McGorty, Ben — primary (person)
- Needleman, Norman — primary (person)
- O'Dea, Tom — primary (person)
- Osten, Catherine A. — primary (person)
- Perillo, Jason — primary (person)
- Petit, William A. — primary (person)
- Rebimbas, Rosa C. — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Rochelle, Kara — primary (person)
- Rutigliano, David — primary (person)
- Sampson, Rob — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Serra, Joseph C. — primary (person)
- Slap, Derek — primary (person)
- Sredzinski, J.P. — primary (person)
- Witkos, Kevin D. — primary (person)
- Wood, Terrie E. — primary (person)
- Yaccarino, Dave W. — primary (person)
- Zawistowski, Tami — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-01** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Safety and Security `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** PUBLIC HEARING 0312
- **2019-03-19** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-04-01** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/08/19
- **2019-04-08** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-04-08** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-04-08** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 323
- **2019-04-08** FILE NO. 496
- **2019-04-17** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-23** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-04-23** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-04-23** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2019-05-23** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2019-05-28** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-05-28** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 612
- **2019-06-04** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2019-06-04** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-13** PUBLIC ACT 19-52 `became-law`
- **2019-06-19** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2019-06-19** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2019-06-26** 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/7adba420-3236-4a36-adeb-4c94978e2d40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).