republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2019/sb-838.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING VISION PLANS, OPTOMETRISTS AND OPHTHALMOLOGISTS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING VISION PLANS, OPTOMETRISTS AND OPHTHALMOLOGISTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 838"
citation: "Connecticut SB 838 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Eye care coverage", "Health insurance", "Mammograms", "Ophthamologists", "Imaging services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Barry, Jill", "Bergstein, Alexandra", "Bizzarro, Gennaro", "Borer, Dorinda", "Comey, Robin E.", "Conley, Christine", "Cook, Michelle L.", "Daugherty Abrams, Mary", "Floren, Livvy R.", "Gilchrest, Jillian", "Hall, Joshua M.", "Hampton, John K.", "Horn, Maria P.", "Hughes, Anne Meiman", "Kelly, Kevin C.", "Kissel, John A.", "Kokoruda, Noreen S.", "Kushner, Julie", "Leone, Carlo", "Logan, George S.", "Lopes, Rick", "Miller, Patricia Billie", "Moore, Marilyn V.", "Napoli, Ronald A.", "Needleman, Norman", "Osten, Catherine A.", "Pavalock-D'Amato, Cara Christine", "Petit, William A.", "Porter, Robyn A.", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Rotella, Kate", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Serra, Joseph C.", "Slap, Derek", "Somers, Heather S.", "Tercyak, Peter A.", "Turco, Gary A.", "Witkos, Kevin D.", "Wood, Kerry Szeps"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a1a2ad8-95cb-4803-beb9-d571aaf3e726"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "37f64d95bba5d7a0cca8bf4746da0219d1f026ca5b8434370944eebe67b1f0dd"
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 838 (2019) — AN ACT CONCERNING VISION PLANS, OPTOMETRISTS AND OPHTHALMOLOGISTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **APP Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00838-R02-SB.PDF)
2. **INS Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00838-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2019/TOB/s/pdf/2019SB-00838-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Barry, Jill — primary (person)
- Bergstein, Alexandra — primary (person)
- Bizzarro, Gennaro — primary (person)
- Borer, Dorinda — primary (person)
- Comey, Robin E. — primary (person)
- Conley, Christine — primary (person)
- Cook, Michelle L. — primary (person)
- Daugherty Abrams, Mary — primary (person)
- Floren, Livvy R. — primary (person)
- Gilchrest, Jillian — primary (person)
- Hall, Joshua M. — primary (person)
- Hampton, John K. — primary (person)
- Horn, Maria P. — primary (person)
- Hughes, Anne Meiman — primary (person)
- Kelly, Kevin C. — primary (person)
- Kissel, John A. — primary (person)
- Kokoruda, Noreen S. — primary (person)
- Kushner, Julie — primary (person)
- Leone, Carlo — primary (person)
- Logan, George S. — primary (person)
- Lopes, Rick — primary (person)
- Miller, Patricia Billie — primary (person)
- Moore, Marilyn V. — primary (person)
- Napoli, Ronald A. — primary (person)
- Needleman, Norman — primary (person)
- Osten, Catherine A. — primary (person)
- Pavalock-D'Amato, Cara Christine — primary (person)
- Petit, William A. — primary (person)
- Porter, Robyn A. — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Rotella, Kate — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Serra, Joseph C. — primary (person)
- Slap, Derek — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)
- Tercyak, Peter A. — primary (person)
- Turco, Gary A. — primary (person)
- Witkos, Kevin D. — primary (person)
- Wood, Kerry Szeps — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Insurance and Real Estate `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** PUBLIC HEARING 0221
- **2019-03-19** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-03-29** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/03/19
- **2019-04-04** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-04-04** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-04-04** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 212
- **2019-04-04** FILE NO. 449
- **2019-05-08** REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ON Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-14** FILED WITH LCO
- **2019-05-15** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2019-05-15** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-05-29** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2019-05-29** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2019-05-31** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER
- **2019-05-31** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 686
- **2019-06-04** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-04** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2019-06-04** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2019-06-04** DISAGREEING ACTION,TABLED FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2019-06-05** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-05** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2019-06-05** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-26** PUBLIC ACT 19-201 `became-law`
- **2019-06-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2019-06-28** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2019-07-12** 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/0a1a2ad8-95cb-4803-beb9-d571aaf3e726`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).