republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2019/hb-5004.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT INCREASING THE MINIMUM FAIR WAGE."
description: "AN ACT INCREASING THE MINIMUM FAIR WAGE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5004"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5004 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor Department", "Minimum wages", "Reports", "Studies", "Gratuities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abercrombie, Catherine F.", "Anwar, Saud", "Aresimowicz, Joe", "Arnone, Tom", "Blumenthal, Matt", "Borer, Dorinda", "Butler, Larry B.", "Candelaria, Juan R.", "Concepcion, Julio A.", "Conley, Christine", "D'Agostino, Michael", "Dathan, Lucy", "Demicco, Mike", "DiMassa, Michael A.", "Dillon, Patricia A.", "Elliott, Josh", "Felipe, Antonio", "Flexer, Mae", "Garibay, Jane M.", "Gilchrest, Jillian", "Godfrey, Bob", "Gonzalez, Minnie", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Haddad, Gregory", "Hall, Joshua M.", "Hennessy, John \"Jack\" F.", "Hughes, Anne Meiman", "Johnson, Susan M.", "Lemar, Roland J.", "Lopes, Rick", "Luxenberg, Geoff", "McCarthy Vahey, Cristin", "McGee, Brandon L.", "Michel, David", "Miller, Patricia Billie", "Morin, Russell A.", "Mushinsky, Mary M.", "Palm, Christine", "Paolillo, Alphonse", "Phipps, Quentin W.", "Porter, Robyn A.", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Riley, Emmett D.", "Ritter, Matthew", "Rosario, Christopher", "Rose, Kim", "Rotella, Kate", "Ryan, Kevin", "Sanchez, Robert", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Simmons, Caroline", "Simms, Travis", "Slap, Derek", "Stafstrom, Steven J.", "Stallworth, Charlie L.", "Tercyak, Peter A.", "Turco, Gary A.", "Vargas, Edwin", "Verrengia, Joe", "Walker, Toni E.", "Wilson Pheanious, Pat", "Winkler, Michael A.", "de la Cruz, Joe"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/285b1618-6272-4f8b-9360-c3836fe07c9f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "68fe3976db959c643a69587fc07ff247b74117460f009bf2f0b3db478ca0af6c"
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 5004 (2019) — AN ACT INCREASING THE MINIMUM FAIR WAGE.

## 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/h/pdf/2019HB-05004-R03-HB.PDF)
2. **Committee Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-05004-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **LAB Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-05004-R02-HB.PDF)
4. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-05004-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Abercrombie, Catherine F. — primary (person)
- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Aresimowicz, Joe — primary (person)
- Arnone, Tom — primary (person)
- Blumenthal, Matt — primary (person)
- Borer, Dorinda — primary (person)
- Butler, Larry B. — primary (person)
- Candelaria, Juan R. — primary (person)
- Concepcion, Julio A. — primary (person)
- Conley, Christine — primary (person)
- D'Agostino, Michael — primary (person)
- Dathan, Lucy — primary (person)
- Demicco, Mike — primary (person)
- DiMassa, Michael A. — primary (person)
- Dillon, Patricia A. — primary (person)
- Elliott, Josh — primary (person)
- Felipe, Antonio — primary (person)
- Flexer, Mae — primary (person)
- Garibay, Jane M. — primary (person)
- Gilchrest, Jillian — primary (person)
- Godfrey, Bob — primary (person)
- Gonzalez, Minnie — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Haddad, Gregory — primary (person)
- Hall, Joshua M. — primary (person)
- Hennessy, John "Jack" F. — primary (person)
- Hughes, Anne Meiman — primary (person)
- Johnson, Susan M. — primary (person)
- Lemar, Roland J. — primary (person)
- Lopes, Rick — primary (person)
- Luxenberg, Geoff — primary (person)
- McCarthy Vahey, Cristin — primary (person)
- McGee, Brandon L. — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Miller, Patricia Billie — primary (person)
- Morin, Russell A. — primary (person)
- Mushinsky, Mary M. — primary (person)
- Palm, Christine — primary (person)
- Paolillo, Alphonse — primary (person)
- Phipps, Quentin W. — primary (person)
- Porter, Robyn A. — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Riley, Emmett D. — primary (person)
- Ritter, Matthew — primary (person)
- Rosario, Christopher — primary (person)
- Rose, Kim — primary (person)
- Rotella, Kate — primary (person)
- Ryan, Kevin — primary (person)
- Sanchez, Robert — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Simmons, Caroline — primary (person)
- Simms, Travis — primary (person)
- Slap, Derek — primary (person)
- Stafstrom, Steven J. — primary (person)
- Stallworth, Charlie L. — primary (person)
- Tercyak, Peter A. — primary (person)
- Turco, Gary A. — primary (person)
- Vargas, Edwin — primary (person)
- Verrengia, Joe — primary (person)
- Walker, Toni E. — primary (person)
- Wilson Pheanious, Pat — primary (person)
- Winkler, Michael A. — 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 Labor and Public Employees `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15** Vote to Draft
- **2019-02-26** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2019-02-27** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Labor and Public Employees `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** PUBLIC HEARING 0307
- **2019-03-14** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-03-26** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/01/19
- **2019-04-02** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-04-02** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-04-02** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 173
- **2019-04-02** FILE NO. 267
- **2019-05-06** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-07** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-05-07** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-05-07** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2019-05-08** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-05-08** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B
- **2019-05-08** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. C
- **2019-05-08** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. D
- **2019-05-08** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. E
- **2019-05-08** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. F
- **2019-05-08** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. G
- **2019-05-08** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. H
- **2019-05-08** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. I
- **2019-05-09** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2019-05-10** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-05-10** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 475
- **2019-05-10** FILE NO. 870
- **2019-05-16** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-05-16** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-05-16** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. B
- **2019-05-16** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. C
- **2019-05-16** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. D
- **2019-05-16** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-05-16** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-05-20** PUBLIC ACT 19-4 `became-law`
- **2019-05-22** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2019-05-22** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2019-05-28** 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/285b1618-6272-4f8b-9360-c3836fe07c9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).