republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2019/sb-164.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL IMPAIRMENTS, MENTAL HEALTH CARE FOR POLICE OFFICERS AND WELLNESS TRAINING FOR POLICE OFFICERS, PAROLE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL IMPAIRMENTS, MENTAL HEALTH CARE FOR POLICE OFFICERS AND WELLNESS TRAINING FOR POLICE OFFICERS, PAROLE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 164"
citation: "Connecticut SB 164 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emotionally disturbed persons", "Firefighters", "Labor and Public Employees", "Joint Committee on", "Mental health services", "Mentally ill persons", "Police", "Police Officer Standards and Training Council", "Police training", "State Police", "Workers' compensation", "Workers' compensation insurance", "Parole officers", "Post-traumatic stress disorders"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allie-Brennan, Raghib", "Altobello, Emil \"Buddy\"", "Anwar, Saud", "Arconti, David", "Berthel, Eric C.", "Blumenthal, Matt", "Boyd, Patrick S.", "Buckbee, Bill", "Carney, Devin R.", "Carpino, Christie M.", "Comey, Robin E.", "Delnicki, Tom", "Duff, Bob", "Felipe, Antonio", "Ferraro, Charles J.", "Floren, Livvy R.", "Formica, Paul M.", "Frey, John H.", "Genga, Henry J.", "Gilchrest, Jillian", "Godfrey, Bob", "Haines, Irene M.", "Hall, Carol", "Hampton, John K.", "Hartley, Joan V.", "Hill, Leslee B.", "Horn, Maria P.", "Hwang, Tony", "Klarides-Ditria, Nicole", "Kushner, Julie", "Linehan, Liz", "Logan, George S.", "Looney, Martin M.", "McGee, Brandon L.", "McGorty, Ben", "Michel, David", "Napoli, Ronald A.", "O'Dea, Tom", "Osten, Catherine A.", "Perone, Chris", "Petit, William A.", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Rochelle, Kara", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Scanlon, Sean", "Simanski, Bill", "Somers, Heather S.", "Verrengia, Joe", "Witkos, Kevin D.", "Zawistowski, Tami"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d364144-9099-49d5-97bf-b87f889b6178"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "84b828fea4ff63a9270a2aadb41d94333f3a918ace05b470c9384b2c01ac7973"
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 SB 164 (2019) — AN ACT CONCERNING WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL IMPAIRMENTS, MENTAL HEALTH CARE FOR POLICE OFFICERS AND WELLNESS TRAINING FOR POLICE OFFICERS, PAROLE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS.

## Version chain

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

1. **APP Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00164-R03-SB.PDF)
2. **Committee Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00164-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **LAB Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00164-R02-SB.PDF)
4. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00164-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Allie-Brennan, Raghib — primary (person)
- Altobello, Emil "Buddy" — primary (person)
- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Arconti, David — primary (person)
- Berthel, Eric C. — primary (person)
- Blumenthal, Matt — primary (person)
- Boyd, Patrick S. — primary (person)
- Buckbee, Bill — primary (person)
- Carney, Devin R. — primary (person)
- Carpino, Christie M. — primary (person)
- Comey, Robin E. — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Duff, Bob — primary (person)
- Felipe, Antonio — primary (person)
- Ferraro, Charles J. — primary (person)
- Floren, Livvy R. — primary (person)
- Formica, Paul M. — primary (person)
- Frey, John H. — primary (person)
- Genga, Henry J. — primary (person)
- Gilchrest, Jillian — primary (person)
- Godfrey, Bob — primary (person)
- Haines, Irene M. — primary (person)
- Hall, Carol — primary (person)
- Hampton, John K. — primary (person)
- Hartley, Joan V. — primary (person)
- Hill, Leslee B. — primary (person)
- Horn, Maria P. — primary (person)
- Hwang, Tony — primary (person)
- Klarides-Ditria, Nicole — primary (person)
- Kushner, Julie — primary (person)
- Linehan, Liz — primary (person)
- Logan, George S. — primary (person)
- Looney, Martin M. — primary (person)
- McGee, Brandon L. — primary (person)
- McGorty, Ben — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Napoli, Ronald A. — primary (person)
- O'Dea, Tom — primary (person)
- Osten, Catherine A. — primary (person)
- Perone, Chris — primary (person)
- Petit, William A. — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Rochelle, Kara — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Scanlon, Sean — primary (person)
- Simanski, Bill — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)
- Verrengia, Joe — primary (person)
- Witkos, Kevin D. — primary (person)
- Zawistowski, Tami — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Labor and Public Employees `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Vote to Draft
- **2019-02-20** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2019-02-21** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Labor and Public Employees `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** PUBLIC HEARING 0226
- **2019-03-14** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-03-28** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/02/19
- **2019-04-03** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-04-03** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-04-03** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 202
- **2019-04-03** FILE NO. 362
- **2019-05-09** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-05-09** REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ON Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-14** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-05-15** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-05-15** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-05-29** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. B
- **2019-05-29** DESIGNATED ONLY SEN. AMEND. SCH. C
- **2019-05-29** MATTER PASS RETAINED
- **2019-05-30** AMENDMENT WITHDRAWN, SENATE AMENDMENT SCH. C
- **2019-05-30** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. D
- **2019-05-30** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A,B,D
- **2019-05-30** RULES SUSPENDED,TRANS.TO HOUSE
- **2019-05-30** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-05-30** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 683
- **2019-05-31** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2019-05-31** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-05-31** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. B
- **2019-05-31** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. D
- **2019-05-31** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A,B,D `passage`
- **2019-05-31** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-05** PUBLIC ACT 19-17 `became-law`
- **2019-06-06** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2019-06-06** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2019-06-18** 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/2d364144-9099-49d5-97bf-b87f889b6178`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).