republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2019/sb-570.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING OPPORTUNITY ZONES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING OPPORTUNITY ZONES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 570"
citation: "Connecticut SB 570 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Brownfields", "Business", "Distressed municipalities", "Economic and Community Development", "Department of", "Economic development financial assistance", "Historic sites and structures", "Ombudsman", "Reports", "Studies", "Tax incentives", "Rehabilitation of buildings"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abercrombie, Catherine F.", "Altobello, Emil \"Buddy\"", "Anwar, Saud", "Barry, Jill", "Bergstein, Alexandra", "Betts, Whit", "Bizzarro, Gennaro", "Butler, Larry B.", "Carney, Devin R.", "Conley, Christine", "Cummings, Stephanie E.", "Currey, Jeff", "Daugherty Abrams, Mary", "DiMassa, Michael A.", "Doucette, Jason", "Elliott, Josh", "Exum, Tammy R.", "Felipe, Antonio", "Garibay, Jane M.", "Gibson, Bobby G.", "Green, Robin", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Haines, Irene M.", "Hwang, Tony", "Johnson, Susan M.", "Kelly, Kevin C.", "Kokoruda, Noreen S.", "Logan, George S.", "MacLachlan, Jesse", "Maroney, James J.", "McGee, Brandon L.", "McGorty, Ben", "Meskers, Stephen R", "Miller, Patricia Billie", "Napoli, Ronald A.", "Needleman, Norman", "Pavalock-D'Amato, Cara Christine", "Perillo, Jason", "Perone, Chris", "Petit, William A.", "Porter, Robyn A.", "Rochelle, Kara", "Rojas, Jason", "Rosario, Christopher", "Rose, Kim", "Rutigliano, David", "Simanski, Bill", "Somers, Heather S.", "Stallworth, Charlie L.", "Steinberg, Jonathan", "Verrengia, Joe", "Witkos, Kevin D.", "Wood, Kerry Szeps", "Young, Philip L.", "Zawistowski, Tami"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4ca93d5-aa33-4f22-a48b-7526a4d8121f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "188f8c17d8453dd853b7a22b71c581a66abf6406cd1c0a383bf4aa2c75ff48d1"
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 570 (2019) — AN ACT CONCERNING OPPORTUNITY ZONES.

## Version chain

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

1. **CE Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00570-R02-SB.PDF)
2. **Committee Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00570-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **FIN Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00570-R03-SB.PDF)
4. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00570-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Abercrombie, Catherine F. — primary (person)
- Altobello, Emil "Buddy" — primary (person)
- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Barry, Jill — primary (person)
- Bergstein, Alexandra — primary (person)
- Betts, Whit — primary (person)
- Bizzarro, Gennaro — primary (person)
- Butler, Larry B. — primary (person)
- Carney, Devin R. — primary (person)
- Conley, Christine — primary (person)
- Cummings, Stephanie E. — primary (person)
- Currey, Jeff — primary (person)
- Daugherty Abrams, Mary — primary (person)
- DiMassa, Michael A. — primary (person)
- Doucette, Jason — primary (person)
- Elliott, Josh — primary (person)
- Exum, Tammy R. — primary (person)
- Felipe, Antonio — primary (person)
- Garibay, Jane M. — primary (person)
- Gibson, Bobby G. — primary (person)
- Green, Robin — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Haines, Irene M. — primary (person)
- Hwang, Tony — primary (person)
- Johnson, Susan M. — primary (person)
- Kelly, Kevin C. — primary (person)
- Kokoruda, Noreen S. — primary (person)
- Logan, George S. — primary (person)
- MacLachlan, Jesse — primary (person)
- Maroney, James J. — primary (person)
- McGee, Brandon L. — primary (person)
- McGorty, Ben — primary (person)
- Meskers, Stephen R — primary (person)
- Miller, Patricia Billie — primary (person)
- Napoli, Ronald A. — primary (person)
- Needleman, Norman — primary (person)
- Pavalock-D'Amato, Cara Christine — primary (person)
- Perillo, Jason — primary (person)
- Perone, Chris — primary (person)
- Petit, William A. — primary (person)
- Porter, Robyn A. — primary (person)
- Rochelle, Kara — primary (person)
- Rojas, Jason — primary (person)
- Rosario, Christopher — primary (person)
- Rose, Kim — primary (person)
- Rutigliano, David — primary (person)
- Simanski, Bill — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)
- Stallworth, Charlie L. — primary (person)
- Steinberg, Jonathan — primary (person)
- Verrengia, Joe — primary (person)
- Witkos, Kevin D. — primary (person)
- Wood, Kerry Szeps — primary (person)
- Young, Philip L. — primary (person)
- Zawistowski, Tami — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** PUBLIC HEARING 0214
- **2019-02-28** Vote to Draft
- **2019-03-15** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2019-03-18** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-03-28** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/02/19
- **2019-04-03** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-04-03** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-04-03** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 179
- **2019-04-03** FILE NO. 365
- **2019-05-28** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-05-28** REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ON Finance, Revenue and Bonding `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-31** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-31** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-05-31** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-05-31** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Finance, Revenue and Bonding `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-31** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-06-03** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. B
- **2019-06-03** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A,B
- **2019-06-03** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2019-06-03** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2019-06-03** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-06-03** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 715
- **2019-06-04** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-04** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. B
- **2019-06-04** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A,B `passage`
- **2019-06-04** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-13** PUBLIC ACT 19-54 `became-law`
- **2019-06-19** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2019-06-19** 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/d4ca93d5-aa33-4f22-a48b-7526a4d8121f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).