republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2019/hb-7223.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE STORAGE OF A PISTOL OR REVOLVER IN A MOTOR VEHICLE."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE STORAGE OF A PISTOL OR REVOLVER IN A MOTOR VEHICLE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 7223"
citation: "Connecticut HB 7223 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Age", "Felonies", "Firearms", "Misdemeanors", "Motor vehicles", "Probation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry, Jill", "Bergstein, Alexandra", "Blumenthal, Matt", "Candelaria, Juan R.", "Cassano, Steve", "Cohen, Christine", "Concepcion, Julio A.", "Currey, Jeff", "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", "Hall, Joshua M.", "Hampton, John K.", "Haskell, Will", "Hennessy, John \"Jack\" F.", "Horn, Maria P.", "Hughes, Anne Meiman", "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.", "Mushinsky, Mary M.", "Palm, Christine", "Perone, Chris", "Phipps, Quentin W.", "Riley, Emmett D.", "Rosario, Christopher", "Sanchez, Robert", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Simmons, Caroline", "Slap, Derek", "Stafstrom, Steven J.", "Stallworth, Charlie L.", "Steinberg, Jonathan", "Tercyak, Peter A.", "Vargas, Edwin", "Verrengia, Joe", "Winkler, Michael A.", "Young, Philip L."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-26"
last_action: "2019-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d9d7ff2-f480-4b53-8aa8-a28d9bf187a3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "48975bf7e011b74c32e2202410d7b9582c0cd103a494cae8252555ab90469589"
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 7223 (2019) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE STORAGE OF A PISTOL OR REVOLVER IN A MOTOR VEHICLE.

## Version chain

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

1. **JUD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07223-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/h/pdf/2019HB-07223-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- 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)
- Currey, Jeff — 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)
- Hall, Joshua M. — primary (person)
- Hampton, John K. — primary (person)
- Haskell, Will — primary (person)
- Hennessy, John "Jack" F. — primary (person)
- Horn, Maria P. — primary (person)
- Hughes, Anne Meiman — 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)
- Mushinsky, Mary M. — primary (person)
- Palm, Christine — primary (person)
- Perone, Chris — primary (person)
- Phipps, Quentin W. — primary (person)
- Riley, Emmett D. — primary (person)
- Rosario, Christopher — primary (person)
- Sanchez, Robert — 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)
- Tercyak, Peter A. — primary (person)
- Vargas, Edwin — primary (person)
- Verrengia, Joe — primary (person)
- Winkler, Michael A. — primary (person)
- Young, Philip L. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-26** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** PUBLIC HEARING 0311
- **2019-03-20** Joint Favorable `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 313
- **2019-04-08** FILE NO. 486
- **2019-05-08** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-05-08** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B
- **2019-05-08** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. C
- **2019-05-08** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. D
- **2019-05-08** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A,C,D `passage`
- **2019-05-10** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-05-10** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 476
- **2019-05-10** FILE NO. 871
- **2019-05-23** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A,C,D
- **2019-05-23** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-05-23** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. B
- **2019-05-23** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. C
- **2019-05-23** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A,C,D
- **2019-05-23** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-05-28** PUBLIC ACT 19-7 `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/2d9d7ff2-f480-4b53-8aa8-a28d9bf187a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).