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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE AWARD OF DOUBLE OR TREBLE DAMAGES TO AN INJURED PARTY IN A CIVIL ACTION RESULTING FROM CERTAIN TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS."
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description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE AWARD OF DOUBLE OR TREBLE DAMAGES TO AN INJURED PARTY IN A CIVIL ACTION RESULTING FROM CERTAIN TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
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legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 7126"
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citation: "Connecticut HB 7126 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Damages", "Traffic violations", "Mobile electronic device"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bizzarro, Gennaro", "Carney, Devin R.", "Hwang, Tony", "Kelly, Kevin C.", "Sampson, Rob", "Serra, Joseph C.", "Somers, Heather S."]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2019-02-14"
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last_action: "2019-07-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72a70859-44eb-477e-a59a-9f782c8a56ee"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
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source_hash: "6601fb234fd496b1d27398544f875e8cad866b6b63167b83add80c6e025b6687"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ct"]
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---
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# Connecticut HB 7126 (2019) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE AWARD OF DOUBLE OR TREBLE DAMAGES TO AN INJURED PARTY IN A CIVIL ACTION RESULTING FROM CERTAIN TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **JUD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07126-R01-HB.PDF)
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2. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07126-R00-HB.PDF)
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## Sponsors
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- Bizzarro, Gennaro — primary (person)
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- Carney, Devin R. — primary (person)
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- Hwang, Tony — primary (person)
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- Kelly, Kevin C. — primary (person)
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- Sampson, Rob — primary (person)
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- Serra, Joseph C. — primary (person)
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- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-14** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-15** PUBLIC HEARING 0222
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- **2019-03-20** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-21** FILED WITH LCO
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- **2019-03-29** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/03/19
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- **2019-04-04** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
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- **2019-04-04** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
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- **2019-04-04** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 269
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- **2019-04-04** FILE NO. 417
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- **2019-04-24** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
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- **2019-04-25** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
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- **2019-04-25** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 417
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- **2019-06-05** SENATE PASSED `passage`
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- **2019-06-05** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
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- **2019-06-25** PUBLIC ACT 19-160 `became-law`
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- **2019-06-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
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- **2019-06-28** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
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- **2019-07-08** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72a70859-44eb-477e-a59a-9f782c8a56ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).
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