republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2019/hb-7082.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE INCLUSION OF BLACK AND LATINO STUDIES IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CURRICULUM."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE INCLUSION OF BLACK AND LATINO STUDIES IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CURRICULUM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 7082"
citation: "Connecticut HB 7082 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["African Americans", "Education Department", "Latinos", "Multicultural education", "Reports", "School curriculum", "State Board of Education", "State Education Resource Center"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allie-Brennan, Raghib", "Anwar, Saud", "Baker, Andre F.", "Blumenthal, Matt", "Borer, Dorinda", "Butler, Larry B.", "Candelaria, Juan R.", "Carney, Devin R.", "Concepcion, Julio A.", "Conley, Christine", "Currey, Jeff", "Delnicki, Tom", "Dillon, Patricia A.", "Doucette, Jason", "Exum, Tammy R.", "Felipe, Antonio", "Genga, Henry J.", "Gibson, Bobby G.", "Godfrey, Bob", "Gonzalez, Minnie", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Haddad, Gregory", "Hall, Joshua M.", "Kelly, Kevin C.", "Lemar, Roland J.", "Logan, George S.", "Lopes, Rick", "McGee, Brandon L.", "Michel, David", "Miller, Patricia Billie", "Napoli, Ronald A.", "Nolan, Anthony L.", "Phipps, Quentin W.", "Porter, Robyn A.", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Ritter, Matthew", "Rosario, Christopher", "Rose, Kim", "Sanchez, Robert", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Serra, Joseph C.", "Simms, Travis", "Stallworth, Charlie L.", "Vargas, Edwin", "Winkler, Michael A."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7c9e28d-44dc-4fe5-8d7b-baa5db5d91fd"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "7c513377540c439d722796a408196b16cc53e15c3389c8753614d3d039aa2da5"
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 7082 (2019) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE INCLUSION OF BLACK AND LATINO STUDIES IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CURRICULUM.

## 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-07082-R02-HB.PDF)
2. **ED Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07082-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07082-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Allie-Brennan, Raghib — primary (person)
- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Baker, Andre F. — primary (person)
- Blumenthal, Matt — primary (person)
- Borer, Dorinda — primary (person)
- Butler, Larry B. — primary (person)
- Candelaria, Juan R. — primary (person)
- Carney, Devin R. — primary (person)
- Concepcion, Julio A. — primary (person)
- Conley, Christine — primary (person)
- Currey, Jeff — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Dillon, Patricia A. — primary (person)
- Doucette, Jason — primary (person)
- Exum, Tammy R. — primary (person)
- Felipe, Antonio — primary (person)
- Genga, Henry J. — primary (person)
- Gibson, Bobby G. — primary (person)
- Godfrey, Bob — primary (person)
- Gonzalez, Minnie — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Haddad, Gregory — primary (person)
- Hall, Joshua M. — primary (person)
- Kelly, Kevin C. — primary (person)
- Lemar, Roland J. — primary (person)
- Logan, George S. — primary (person)
- Lopes, Rick — primary (person)
- McGee, Brandon L. — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Miller, Patricia Billie — primary (person)
- Napoli, Ronald A. — primary (person)
- Nolan, Anthony L. — 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)
- Rose, Kim — primary (person)
- Sanchez, Robert — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Serra, Joseph C. — primary (person)
- Simms, Travis — primary (person)
- Stallworth, Charlie L. — primary (person)
- Vargas, Edwin — primary (person)
- Winkler, Michael A. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** PUBLIC HEARING 0306
- **2019-03-25** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-04-05** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/10/19
- **2019-04-11** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-04-11** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-04-11** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 368
- **2019-04-11** FILE NO. 614
- **2019-05-10** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** 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 Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2019-05-22** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-05-22** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2019-05-24** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-05-24** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 596
- **2019-05-24** FILE NO. 992
- **2019-05-30** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-05-30** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-05-30** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2019-06-05** PUBLIC ACT 19-12 `became-law`
- **2019-06-06** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2019-06-06** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2019-06-21** 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/f7c9e28d-44dc-4fe5-8d7b-baa5db5d91fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).