republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2019/sb-72.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TAX CREDIT FOR EMPLOYERS THAT MAKE PAYMENTS ON CERTAIN LOANS ISSUED TO EMPLOYEES BY THE CONNECTICUT HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPLEMENTAL LOAN AUTHORITY."
description: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TAX CREDIT FOR EMPLOYERS THAT MAKE PAYMENTS ON CERTAIN LOANS ISSUED TO EMPLOYEES BY THE CONNECTICUT HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPLEMENTAL LOAN AUTHORITY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 72"
citation: "Connecticut SB 72 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority", "Corporation business tax credits", "Employers", "Student loans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abercrombie, Catherine F.", "Baker, Andre F.", "Bergstein, Alexandra", "Bolinsky, Mitch", "Borer, Dorinda", "Boyd, Patrick S.", "Carpino, Christie M.", "Conley, Christine", "Dathan, Lucy", "Delnicki, Tom", "Doucette, Jason", "Exum, Tammy R.", "Haddad, Gregory", "Hartley, Joan V.", "Haskell, Will", "Hughes, Anne Meiman", "Johnson, Susan M.", "Leone, Carlo", "Michel, David", "Mushinsky, Mary M.", "Napoli, Ronald A.", "Needleman, Norman", "Osten, Catherine A.", "Porter, Robyn A.", "Rochelle, Kara", "Rose, Kim", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Simmons, Caroline", "Stallworth, Charlie L.", "Turco, Gary A.", "Wood, Kerry Szeps"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dda40b8a-6d97-4db0-9e1f-0598a44f8157"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "a59479b49f6d9d07ae7432f88545e216b8ea6831f885fcfa12a3ae15ed9e5b88"
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 72 (2019) — AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TAX CREDIT FOR EMPLOYERS THAT MAKE PAYMENTS ON CERTAIN LOANS ISSUED TO EMPLOYEES BY THE CONNECTICUT HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPLEMENTAL LOAN AUTHORITY.

## Version chain

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

1. **BA Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00072-R02-SB.PDF)
2. **Committee Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00072-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **FIN Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00072-R03-SB.PDF)
4. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00072-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Abercrombie, Catherine F. — primary (person)
- Baker, Andre F. — primary (person)
- Bergstein, Alexandra — primary (person)
- Bolinsky, Mitch — primary (person)
- Borer, Dorinda — primary (person)
- Boyd, Patrick S. — primary (person)
- Carpino, Christie M. — primary (person)
- Conley, Christine — primary (person)
- Dathan, Lucy — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Doucette, Jason — primary (person)
- Exum, Tammy R. — primary (person)
- Haddad, Gregory — primary (person)
- Hartley, Joan V. — primary (person)
- Haskell, Will — primary (person)
- Hughes, Anne Meiman — primary (person)
- Johnson, Susan M. — primary (person)
- Leone, Carlo — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Mushinsky, Mary M. — primary (person)
- Napoli, Ronald A. — primary (person)
- Needleman, Norman — primary (person)
- Osten, Catherine A. — primary (person)
- Porter, Robyn A. — primary (person)
- Rochelle, Kara — primary (person)
- Rose, Kim — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Simmons, Caroline — primary (person)
- Stallworth, Charlie L. — primary (person)
- Turco, Gary A. — primary (person)
- Wood, Kerry Szeps — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Banking `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Reserved for Subject Matter Public Hearing
- **2019-02-01** PUBLIC HEARING 0207
- **2019-02-14** Vote to Draft
- **2019-03-09** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2019-03-11** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Banking `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-03-25** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/01/19
- **2019-04-01** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-04-01** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-04-01** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 139
- **2019-04-01** FILE NO. 256
- **2019-05-09** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-05-09** REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ON Finance, Revenue and Bonding `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-14** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-05-14** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-05-14** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Finance, Revenue and Bonding `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-05-28** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. B
- **2019-05-28** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. C
- **2019-05-28** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. D
- **2019-05-28** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A,B
- **2019-05-30** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-05-30** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 672
- **2019-06-05** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-05** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. B
- **2019-06-05** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A,B `passage`
- **2019-06-05** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-19** PUBLIC ACT 19-86 `became-law`
- **2019-06-24** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2019-06-24** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2019-06-28** 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/dda40b8a-6d97-4db0-9e1f-0598a44f8157`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).