republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2019/hb-5001.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT REQUIRING A STUDY OF WORKFORCE TRAINING NEEDS IN THE STATE."
description: "AN ACT REQUIRING A STUDY OF WORKFORCE TRAINING NEEDS IN THE STATE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5001"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5001 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["College students", "Labor Department", "Reports", "Secretary of the State", "State regulations", "generally", "State regulations", "specific", "Studies", "Task forces", "Workforce development", "Gratuities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abercrombie, Catherine F.", "Anwar, Saud", "Aresimowicz, Joe", "Arnone, Tom", "Bergstein, Alexandra", "Bizzarro, Gennaro", "Blumenthal, Matt", "Borer, Dorinda", "Boyd, Patrick S.", "Butler, Larry B.", "Candelaria, Juan R.", "Comey, Robin E.", "Concepcion, Julio A.", "Conley, Christine", "D'Agostino, Michael", "Dathan, Lucy", "Daugherty Abrams, Mary", "Delnicki, Tom", "Demicco, Mike", "DiMassa, Michael A.", "Dillon, Patricia A.", "Elliott, Josh", "Exum, Tammy R.", "Felipe, Antonio", "Garibay, Jane M.", "Gilchrest, Jillian", "Godfrey, Bob", "Gonzalez, Minnie", "Gresko, Joseph P.", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Haddad, Gregory", "Hall, Joshua M.", "Hampton, John K.", "Hennessy, John \"Jack\" F.", "Hughes, Anne Meiman", "Hwang, Tony", "Johnson, Susan M.", "Kelly, Kevin C.", "Kissel, John A.", "Lemar, Roland J.", "Leone, Carlo", "Linehan, Liz", "Logan, George S.", "Lopes, Rick", "Luxenberg, Geoff", "McCarthy Vahey, Cristin", "McGee, Brandon L.", "Michel, David", "Morin, Russell A.", "Napoli, Ronald A.", "Needleman, Norman", "Osten, Catherine A.", "Palm, Christine", "Paolillo, Alphonse", "Porter, Robyn A.", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Riley, Emmett D.", "Ritter, Matthew", "Rochelle, Kara", "Rosario, Christopher", "Rose, Kim", "Rotella, Kate", "Ryan, Kevin", "Sampson, Rob", "Sanchez, Robert", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Serra, Joseph C.", "Simmons, Caroline", "Simms, Travis", "Slap, Derek", "Stafstrom, Steven J.", "Tercyak, Peter A.", "Turco, Gary A.", "Vargas, Edwin", "Wilson Pheanious, Pat", "Winkler, Michael A.", "Wood, Terrie E.", "Ziogas, Christopher", "de la Cruz, Joe"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fc7eae2-0e9b-40e1-be5f-ed8d1d0cd890"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "30fff000193d11a2fc1303c5d47ae85e3bf6a8aa8972433ff4e5aa4a5e3bbcfc"
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 5001 (2019) — AN ACT REQUIRING A STUDY OF WORKFORCE TRAINING NEEDS IN THE STATE.

## 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/h/pdf/2019HB-05001-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **HED Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-05001-R02-HB.PDF)
3. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-05001-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Abercrombie, Catherine F. — primary (person)
- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Aresimowicz, Joe — primary (person)
- Arnone, Tom — primary (person)
- Bergstein, Alexandra — primary (person)
- Bizzarro, Gennaro — primary (person)
- Blumenthal, Matt — primary (person)
- Borer, Dorinda — primary (person)
- Boyd, Patrick S. — primary (person)
- Butler, Larry B. — primary (person)
- Candelaria, Juan R. — primary (person)
- Comey, Robin E. — primary (person)
- Concepcion, Julio A. — primary (person)
- Conley, Christine — primary (person)
- D'Agostino, Michael — primary (person)
- Dathan, Lucy — primary (person)
- Daugherty Abrams, Mary — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Demicco, Mike — primary (person)
- DiMassa, Michael A. — primary (person)
- Dillon, Patricia A. — primary (person)
- Elliott, Josh — primary (person)
- Exum, Tammy R. — primary (person)
- Felipe, Antonio — primary (person)
- Garibay, Jane M. — primary (person)
- Gilchrest, Jillian — primary (person)
- Godfrey, Bob — primary (person)
- Gonzalez, Minnie — primary (person)
- Gresko, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Haddad, Gregory — primary (person)
- Hall, Joshua M. — primary (person)
- Hampton, John K. — primary (person)
- Hennessy, John "Jack" F. — primary (person)
- Hughes, Anne Meiman — primary (person)
- Hwang, Tony — primary (person)
- Johnson, Susan M. — primary (person)
- Kelly, Kevin C. — primary (person)
- Kissel, John A. — primary (person)
- Lemar, Roland J. — primary (person)
- Leone, Carlo — primary (person)
- Linehan, Liz — primary (person)
- Logan, George S. — primary (person)
- Lopes, Rick — primary (person)
- Luxenberg, Geoff — primary (person)
- McCarthy Vahey, Cristin — primary (person)
- McGee, Brandon L. — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Morin, Russell A. — primary (person)
- Napoli, Ronald A. — primary (person)
- Needleman, Norman — primary (person)
- Osten, Catherine A. — primary (person)
- Palm, Christine — primary (person)
- Paolillo, Alphonse — primary (person)
- Porter, Robyn A. — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Riley, Emmett D. — primary (person)
- Ritter, Matthew — primary (person)
- Rochelle, Kara — primary (person)
- Rosario, Christopher — primary (person)
- Rose, Kim — primary (person)
- Rotella, Kate — primary (person)
- Ryan, Kevin — primary (person)
- Sampson, Rob — primary (person)
- Sanchez, Robert — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Serra, Joseph C. — primary (person)
- Simmons, Caroline — primary (person)
- Simms, Travis — primary (person)
- Slap, Derek — primary (person)
- Stafstrom, Steven J. — primary (person)
- Tercyak, Peter A. — primary (person)
- Turco, Gary A. — primary (person)
- Vargas, Edwin — primary (person)
- Wilson Pheanious, Pat — primary (person)
- Winkler, Michael A. — primary (person)
- Wood, Terrie E. — primary (person)
- Ziogas, Christopher — primary (person)
- de la Cruz, Joe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Higher Education and Employment Advancement `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24** Reserved for Subject Matter Public Hearing
- **2019-02-01** PUBLIC HEARING 0205
- **2019-03-08** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2019-03-11** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Higher Education and Employment Advancement `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** 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., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-03-28** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 120
- **2019-03-28** FILE NO. 170
- **2019-06-05** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-05** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2019-06-05** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2019-06-05** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-06-05** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 691
- **2019-06-05** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2019-06-05** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-05** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-05** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-26** PUBLIC ACT 19-198 `became-law`
- **2019-06-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2019-06-28** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2019-07-12** VETOED BY GOVERNOR

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8fc7eae2-0e9b-40e1-be5f-ed8d1d0cd890`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).