republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2019/sb-647.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT STREAMLINING THE LIQUOR CONTROL ACT."
description: "AN ACT STREAMLINING THE LIQUOR CONTROL ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 647"
citation: "Connecticut SB 647 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic beverages tax", "Beer", "Beverage container deposits", "Beverage containers", "Brew pubs", "Fees", "Grocery stores", "Liquor permits", "Liquor prices", "Liquor sales", "Liquor wholesalers", "Wine", "Gift basket retailer permit"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allie-Brennan, Raghib", "Borer, Dorinda", "Candelora, Vincent J.", "Cassano, Steve", "Concepcion, Julio A.", "Conley, Christine", "Davis, Christopher", "Dubitsky, Doug", "Garibay, Jane M.", "Genga, Henry J.", "Green, Robin", "Gresko, Joseph P.", "Hall, Carol", "Kokoruda, Noreen S.", "MacLachlan, Jesse", "Maroney, James J.", "Miller, Patricia Billie", "O'Neill, Arthur J.", "Osten, Catherine A.", "Petit, William A.", "Ritter, Matthew", "Rochelle, Kara", "Rose, Kim", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Simmons, Caroline", "Somers, Heather S.", "Stafstrom, Steven J.", "Verrengia, Joe", "Wilson Pheanious, Pat", "Witkos, Kevin D.", "Wood, Kerry Szeps", "Young, Philip L."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c1fab8a-32a5-4bd1-8582-3a61488be3ce"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "6a6da7cfed516f11f3dbafd80f3d2461fb16adcef55c56c795da42df8b405259"
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 647 (2019) — AN ACT STREAMLINING THE LIQUOR CONTROL ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00647-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **FIN Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00647-R03-SB.PDF)
3. **GL Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00647-R02-SB.PDF)
4. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00647-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Allie-Brennan, Raghib — primary (person)
- Borer, Dorinda — primary (person)
- Candelora, Vincent J. — primary (person)
- Cassano, Steve — primary (person)
- Concepcion, Julio A. — primary (person)
- Conley, Christine — primary (person)
- Davis, Christopher — primary (person)
- Dubitsky, Doug — primary (person)
- Garibay, Jane M. — primary (person)
- Genga, Henry J. — primary (person)
- Green, Robin — primary (person)
- Gresko, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Hall, Carol — primary (person)
- Kokoruda, Noreen S. — primary (person)
- MacLachlan, Jesse — primary (person)
- Maroney, James J. — primary (person)
- Miller, Patricia Billie — primary (person)
- O'Neill, Arthur J. — primary (person)
- Osten, Catherine A. — primary (person)
- Petit, William A. — primary (person)
- Ritter, Matthew — primary (person)
- Rochelle, Kara — primary (person)
- Rose, Kim — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Simmons, Caroline — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)
- Stafstrom, Steven J. — primary (person)
- Verrengia, Joe — primary (person)
- Wilson Pheanious, Pat — primary (person)
- Witkos, Kevin D. — primary (person)
- Wood, Kerry Szeps — primary (person)
- Young, Philip L. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON General Law `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Reserved for Subject Matter Public Hearing
- **2019-02-22** PUBLIC HEARING 0228
- **2019-03-05** Vote to Draft
- **2019-03-21** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2019-03-22** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON General Law `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-04-04** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/09/19
- **2019-04-10** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-04-10** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-04-10** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 287
- **2019-04-10** FILE NO. 592
- **2019-05-23** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-05-23** REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ON Finance, Revenue and Bonding `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-28** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-28** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-05-28** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-05-28** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Finance, Revenue and Bonding `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-28** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-05-30** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. B
- **2019-05-30** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. C
- **2019-05-30** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-01** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-06-01** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 692
- **2019-06-01** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2019-06-01** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-01** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2019-06-01** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-01** RULES SUSPENDED, TRANSMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR
- **2019-06-05** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR IN ORIGINAL `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-11** PUBLIC ACT 19-24 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c1fab8a-32a5-4bd1-8582-3a61488be3ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).