republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2019/hb-6540.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE PREVENTION OF THE HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE PREVENTION OF THE HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 6540"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6540 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child health", "HIV-positive persons", "Medical care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abercrombie, Catherine F.", "Allie-Brennan, Raghib", "Anwar, Saud", "Aresimowicz, Joe", "Barry, Jill", "Bergstein, Alexandra", "Blumenthal, Matt", "Candelaria, Juan R.", "Carney, Devin R.", "Carpino, Christie M.", "Concepcion, Julio A.", "Cook, Michelle L.", "Currey, Jeff", "Dathan, Lucy", "Daugherty Abrams, Mary", "Delnicki, Tom", "Dillon, Patricia A.", "Elliott, Josh", "Flexer, Mae", "Gibson, Bobby G.", "Gilchrest, Jillian", "Godfrey, Bob", "Hughes, Anne Meiman", "Johnson, Susan M.", "Klarides-Ditria, Nicole", "Kushner, Julie", "Leone, Carlo", "Linehan, Liz", "Logan, George S.", "Luxenberg, Geoff", "McCarthy Vahey, Cristin", "McGee, Brandon L.", "Michel, David", "Morin, Russell A.", "Needleman, Norman", "Osten, Catherine A.", "Phipps, Quentin W.", "Porter, Robyn A.", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Ritter, Matthew", "Rosario, Christopher", "Rotella, Kate", "Ryan, Kevin", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Serra, Joseph C.", "Simms, Travis", "Slap, Derek", "Tercyak, Peter A.", "Winfield, Gary A."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/024191bb-5799-4879-afb0-da066f9470e0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "63129596c68d44a642634508383524d08a1b0d5275966f4e7d515435b1227321"
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 6540 (2019) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE PREVENTION OF THE HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS.

## 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-06540-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **PH Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-06540-R02-HB.PDF)
3. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-06540-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Abercrombie, Catherine F. — primary (person)
- Allie-Brennan, Raghib — primary (person)
- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Aresimowicz, Joe — primary (person)
- Barry, Jill — primary (person)
- Bergstein, Alexandra — primary (person)
- Blumenthal, Matt — primary (person)
- Candelaria, Juan R. — primary (person)
- Carney, Devin R. — primary (person)
- Carpino, Christie M. — primary (person)
- Concepcion, Julio A. — primary (person)
- Cook, Michelle L. — primary (person)
- Currey, Jeff — primary (person)
- Dathan, Lucy — primary (person)
- Daugherty Abrams, Mary — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Dillon, Patricia A. — primary (person)
- Elliott, Josh — primary (person)
- Flexer, Mae — primary (person)
- Gibson, Bobby G. — primary (person)
- Gilchrest, Jillian — primary (person)
- Godfrey, Bob — primary (person)
- Hughes, Anne Meiman — primary (person)
- Johnson, Susan M. — primary (person)
- Klarides-Ditria, Nicole — primary (person)
- Kushner, Julie — primary (person)
- Leone, Carlo — primary (person)
- Linehan, Liz — primary (person)
- Logan, George S. — 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)
- Needleman, Norman — primary (person)
- Osten, Catherine A. — primary (person)
- Phipps, Quentin W. — primary (person)
- Porter, Robyn A. — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Ritter, Matthew — primary (person)
- Rosario, Christopher — primary (person)
- Rotella, Kate — primary (person)
- Ryan, Kevin — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Serra, Joseph C. — primary (person)
- Simms, Travis — primary (person)
- Slap, Derek — primary (person)
- Tercyak, Peter A. — primary (person)
- Winfield, Gary A. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** Reserved for Subject Matter Public Hearing
- **2019-02-20** PUBLIC HEARING 0225
- **2019-03-01** Vote to Draft
- **2019-03-19** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2019-03-20** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-04-03** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/08/19
- **2019-04-09** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-04-09** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-04-09** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 338
- **2019-04-09** FILE NO. 556
- **2019-04-24** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-04-24** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2019-04-26** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-04-26** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 428
- **2019-04-26** FILE NO. 819
- **2019-06-05** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-05** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-05** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-20** PUBLIC ACT 19-109 `became-law`
- **2019-06-24** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2019-06-24** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2019-07-01** 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/024191bb-5799-4879-afb0-da066f9470e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).