republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2019/sb-1022.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING MINORITY TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING MINORITY TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 1022"
citation: "Connecticut SB 1022 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education Department", "Minority teachers", "Mortgage assistance", "Multicultural education", "Reciprocity", "Reports", "School administrators", "Student loans", "Teacher certification", "Teacher retirement", "Higher Education", "Office of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Bergstein, Alexandra", "Bizzarro, Gennaro", "Borer, Dorinda", "Boyd, Patrick S.", "Bradley, Dennis A.", "Butler, Larry B.", "Candelaria, Juan R.", "Doucette, Jason", "Duff, Bob", "Exum, Tammy R.", "Felipe, Antonio", "Floren, Livvy R.", "Genga, Henry J.", "Gibson, Bobby G.", "Godfrey, Bob", "Gonzalez, Minnie", "Gresko, Joseph P.", "Hall, Joshua M.", "Hartley, Joan V.", "Johnson, Susan M.", "Kelly, Kevin C.", "Kushner, Julie", "Leone, Carlo", "Logan, George S.", "Maroney, James J.", "McGee, Brandon L.", "Michel, David", "Miller, Patricia Billie", "Napoli, Ronald A.", "Needleman, Norman", "O'Neill, Arthur J.", "Osten, Catherine A.", "Petit, William A.", "Phipps, Quentin W.", "Porter, Robyn A.", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Ritter, Matthew", "Sanchez, Robert", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Serra, Joseph C.", "Slap, Derek", "Stallworth, Charlie L.", "Turco, Gary A.", "Winfield, Gary A.", "Winkler, Michael A.", "Wood, Terrie E.", "Zawistowski, Tami"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1b68cf5-3020-4982-ab8f-6dd4579d7ff3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "ef0f294402d91bbeb88ea32cf971c089e52a6bb7d06b04e1ae9aac5dd34177da"
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 SB 1022 (2019) — AN ACT CONCERNING MINORITY TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.

## Version chain

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

1. **APP Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-01022-R02-SB.PDF)
2. **ED Joint Favorable Substitute Change of Reference** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-01022-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-01022-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Bergstein, Alexandra — primary (person)
- Bizzarro, Gennaro — primary (person)
- Borer, Dorinda — primary (person)
- Boyd, Patrick S. — primary (person)
- Bradley, Dennis A. — primary (person)
- Butler, Larry B. — primary (person)
- Candelaria, Juan R. — primary (person)
- Doucette, Jason — primary (person)
- Duff, Bob — primary (person)
- Exum, Tammy R. — primary (person)
- Felipe, Antonio — primary (person)
- Floren, Livvy R. — primary (person)
- Genga, Henry J. — primary (person)
- Gibson, Bobby G. — primary (person)
- Godfrey, Bob — primary (person)
- Gonzalez, Minnie — primary (person)
- Gresko, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Hall, Joshua M. — primary (person)
- Hartley, Joan V. — primary (person)
- Johnson, Susan M. — primary (person)
- Kelly, Kevin C. — primary (person)
- Kushner, Julie — primary (person)
- Leone, Carlo — primary (person)
- Logan, George S. — primary (person)
- Maroney, James J. — primary (person)
- McGee, Brandon L. — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Miller, Patricia Billie — primary (person)
- Napoli, Ronald A. — primary (person)
- Needleman, Norman — primary (person)
- O'Neill, Arthur J. — primary (person)
- Osten, Catherine A. — primary (person)
- Petit, William A. — primary (person)
- Phipps, Quentin W. — primary (person)
- Porter, Robyn A. — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Ritter, Matthew — primary (person)
- Sanchez, Robert — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Serra, Joseph C. — primary (person)
- Slap, Derek — primary (person)
- Stallworth, Charlie L. — primary (person)
- Turco, Gary A. — primary (person)
- Winfield, Gary A. — primary (person)
- Winkler, Michael A. — primary (person)
- Wood, Terrie E. — primary (person)
- Zawistowski, Tami — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-07** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** PUBLIC HEARING 0313
- **2019-03-25** Joint Favorable Substitute Change of Reference APP `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-03-28** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-03-28** FAV. CHG. OF REF., SEN. TO COMM. ON Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** FAV. CHG. OF REF. HOUSE TO COMM.ON APP
- **2019-05-02** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-03** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-05-10** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 05/15/19
- **2019-05-16** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-05-16** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-05-16** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 493
- **2019-05-16** FILE NO. 899
- **2019-05-28** AMENDMENT WITHDRAWN, SENATE AMENDMENT SCH. A
- **2019-05-28** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. B
- **2019-05-28** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. B
- **2019-05-28** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2019-05-30** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-05-30** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 680
- **2019-06-04** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. B
- **2019-06-04** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. B `passage`
- **2019-06-04** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-18** PUBLIC ACT 19-74 `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/e1b68cf5-3020-4982-ab8f-6dd4579d7ff3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).