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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEFINITION OF \"SERVICE IN TIME OF WAR\" AND STATE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN VETERANS' SERVICES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEFINITION OF \"SERVICE IN TIME OF WAR\" AND STATE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN VETERANS' SERVICES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 861"
citation: "Connecticut SB 861 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Residency", "Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Bizzarro, Gennaro", "Blumenthal, Matt", "Buckbee, Bill", "Delnicki, Tom", "Genga, Henry J.", "Godfrey, Bob", "Kelly, Kevin C.", "Logan, George S.", "Witkos, Kevin D."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a330928a-1b3e-40c6-bf86-352a726faf94"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "decb93c5282521e364eec0a0dcff224dfc79af6cee837ae25c97d57a28ba392a"
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 861 (2019) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEFINITION OF "SERVICE IN TIME OF WAR" AND STATE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN VETERANS' SERVICES.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00861-R00-SB.PDF)
2. **VA Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00861-R01-SB.PDF)
## Sponsors
- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Bizzarro, Gennaro — primary (person)
- Blumenthal, Matt — primary (person)
- Buckbee, Bill — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Genga, Henry J. — primary (person)
- Godfrey, Bob — primary (person)
- Kelly, Kevin C. — primary (person)
- Logan, George S. — primary (person)
- Witkos, Kevin D. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-15** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** PUBLIC HEARING 0307
- **2019-03-12** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-03-22** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/27/19
- **2019-03-28** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-03-28** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-03-28** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 135
- **2019-03-28** FILE NO. 227
- **2019-05-16** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2019-05-16** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2019-05-17** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-05-17** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 616
- **2019-06-04** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2019-06-04** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-12** PUBLIC ACT 19-33 `became-law`
- **2019-06-17** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2019-06-17** 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/a330928a-1b3e-40c6-bf86-352a726faf94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).