republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2019/hb-7219.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING GHOST GUNS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING GHOST GUNS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 7219"
citation: "Connecticut HB 7219 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Felonies", "Fines (Penalties)", "Firearms", "Probation", "Sentence and punishment", "Emergency Services and Public Protection", "Department of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abercrombie, Catherine F.", "Barry, Jill", "Bergstein, Alexandra", "Blumenthal, Matt", "Candelaria, Juan R.", "Cassano, Steve", "Cohen, Christine", "Concepcion, Julio A.", "D'Agostino, Michael", "Dathan, Lucy", "Daugherty Abrams, Mary", "Devlin, Laura M.", "Dillon, Patricia A.", "Doucette, Jason", "Duff, Bob", "Elliott, Josh", "Exum, Tammy R.", "Floren, Livvy R.", "Gilchrest, Jillian", "Godfrey, Bob", "Gresko, Joseph P.", "Haddad, Gregory", "Hampton, John K.", "Haskell, Will", "Hennessy, John \"Jack\" F.", "Horn, Maria P.", "Hwang, Tony", "Kushner, Julie", "Lavielle, Gail", "Leone, Carlo", "Looney, Martin M.", "McCarthy Vahey, Cristin", "McCrory, Douglas", "Meskers, Stephen R", "Michel, David", "Miller, Patricia Billie", "Moore, Marilyn V.", "Morin, Russell A.", "Mushinsky, Mary M.", "Palm, Christine", "Perone, Chris", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Riley, Emmett D.", "Ritter, Matthew", "Rosario, Christopher", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Simmons, Caroline", "Slap, Derek", "Stafstrom, Steven J.", "Stallworth, Charlie L.", "Steinberg, Jonathan", "Winkler, Michael A.", "Wood, Kerry Szeps", "Wood, Terrie E.", "Young, Philip L."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b0360e4-d0e8-4f5d-b08b-1db32b1b67e2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "bbca30f1a4a421d0371076cd693d1713b035e8b3926e0d2dafd025c9f219fe85"
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 7219 (2019) — AN ACT CONCERNING GHOST GUNS.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **JUD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07219-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07219-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Abercrombie, Catherine F. — primary (person)
- Barry, Jill — primary (person)
- Bergstein, Alexandra — primary (person)
- Blumenthal, Matt — primary (person)
- Candelaria, Juan R. — primary (person)
- Cassano, Steve — primary (person)
- Cohen, Christine — primary (person)
- Concepcion, Julio A. — primary (person)
- D'Agostino, Michael — primary (person)
- Dathan, Lucy — primary (person)
- Daugherty Abrams, Mary — primary (person)
- Devlin, Laura M. — primary (person)
- Dillon, Patricia A. — primary (person)
- Doucette, Jason — primary (person)
- Duff, Bob — primary (person)
- Elliott, Josh — primary (person)
- Exum, Tammy R. — primary (person)
- Floren, Livvy R. — primary (person)
- Gilchrest, Jillian — primary (person)
- Godfrey, Bob — primary (person)
- Gresko, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Haddad, Gregory — primary (person)
- Hampton, John K. — primary (person)
- Haskell, Will — primary (person)
- Hennessy, John "Jack" F. — primary (person)
- Horn, Maria P. — primary (person)
- Hwang, Tony — primary (person)
- Kushner, Julie — primary (person)
- Lavielle, Gail — primary (person)
- Leone, Carlo — primary (person)
- Looney, Martin M. — primary (person)
- McCarthy Vahey, Cristin — primary (person)
- McCrory, Douglas — primary (person)
- Meskers, Stephen R — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Miller, Patricia Billie — primary (person)
- Moore, Marilyn V. — primary (person)
- Morin, Russell A. — primary (person)
- Mushinsky, Mary M. — primary (person)
- Palm, Christine — primary (person)
- Perone, Chris — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Riley, Emmett D. — primary (person)
- Ritter, Matthew — primary (person)
- Rosario, Christopher — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Simmons, Caroline — primary (person)
- Slap, Derek — primary (person)
- Stafstrom, Steven J. — primary (person)
- Stallworth, Charlie L. — primary (person)
- Steinberg, Jonathan — primary (person)
- Winkler, Michael A. — primary (person)
- Wood, Kerry Szeps — primary (person)
- Wood, Terrie E. — primary (person)
- Young, Philip L. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** PUBLIC HEARING 0311
- **2019-03-20** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-04-01** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/08/19
- **2019-04-08** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-04-08** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-04-08** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 312
- **2019-04-08** FILE NO. 485
- **2019-05-07** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-05-07** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2019-05-09** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-05-09** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 473
- **2019-05-09** FILE NO. 867
- **2019-05-23** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-05-23** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-05-23** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-05-23** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-05-28** PUBLIC ACT 19-6 `became-law`
- **2019-05-29** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2019-05-29** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2019-06-03** 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/0b0360e4-d0e8-4f5d-b08b-1db32b1b67e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).