---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT REVISING THE STATE HEMP PROGRAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS."
description: "AN ACT REVISING THE STATE HEMP PROGRAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 7003"
citation: "Connecticut HB 7003 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Aresimowicz, Joe", "Delnicki, Tom", "Duff, Bob", "Gresko, Joseph P.", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Hughes, Anne Meiman", "Leone, Carlo", "Looney, Martin M.", "Michel, David", "Miller, Patricia Billie", "Ritter, Matthew", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Simms, Travis", "Tercyak, Peter A."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-09-30"
last_action: "2020-10-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab8c5081-731d-48aa-937f-6f90cf3e11d4"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "dd70e43b5d33de65364fb13a274b85cf92fb753afaa28156c4336e5b0a0c5a14"
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 7003 (2020) — AN ACT REVISING THE STATE HEMP PROGRAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **New Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2020/TOB/H/PDF/2020HB-07003-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Aresimowicz, Joe — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Duff, Bob — primary (person)
- Gresko, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Hughes, Anne Meiman — primary (person)
- Leone, Carlo — primary (person)
- Looney, Martin M. — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Miller, Patricia Billie — primary (person)
- Ritter, Matthew — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Simms, Travis — primary (person)
- Tercyak, Peter A. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-30** EMERGENCY CERTIFICATION
- **2020-09-30** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2020-09-30** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2020-10-01** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2020-10-01** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2020-10-01** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE GOV.
- **2020-10-02** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR IN ORIGINAL `executive-signature`
- **2020-10-08** PUBLIC ACT 20-2 `became-law`
- **2020-10-16** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab8c5081-731d-48aa-937f-6f90cf3e11d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).