---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT REQUIRING A STUDY BY THE CONNECTICUT HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPLEMENTAL LOAN AUTHORITY, ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY CERTAIN ISSUES CONCERNING FINANCING FOR POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION AND ESTABLISHING THE ALLIANCE DISTRICT TEACHER LOAN SUBSIDY PROGRAM."
description: "AN ACT REQUIRING A STUDY BY THE CONNECTICUT HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPLEMENTAL LOAN AUTHORITY, ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY CERTAIN ISSUES CONCERNING FINANCING FOR POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION AND ESTABLISHING THE ALLIANCE DISTRICT TEACHER LOAN SUBSIDY PROGRAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5610"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5610 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alliance school districts", "Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority", "Disadvantaged persons", "Reports", "State funds", "Student loans", "Studies", "Teacher education loans and scholarships"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Delnicki, Tom", "Doucette, Jason", "Gibson, Bobby G.", "Hughes, Anne M.", "Johnson, Susan M.", "Michel, David", "Porter, Robyn A.", "Riley, Emmett D.", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Stallworth, Charlie L.", "Turco, Gary A.", "Winkler, Michael A."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ebfec62-07ee-4450-9cf6-538bbb61bb25"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "86dd08bf15e7ce0001b0fac2ed723c1785f0c650b1ac505d16332b7b105d4a44"
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 5610 (2021) — AN ACT REQUIRING A STUDY BY THE CONNECTICUT HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPLEMENTAL LOAN AUTHORITY, ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY CERTAIN ISSUES CONCERNING FINANCING FOR POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION AND ESTABLISHING THE ALLIANCE DISTRICT TEACHER LOAN SUBSIDY PROGRAM.

## Version chain

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

1. **BA Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-05610-R02-HB.PDF)
2. **Committee Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-05610-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **File No. 64** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-05610-R000064-FC.PDF)
4. **File No. 698** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-05610-R000698-FC.PDF)
5. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-05610-R00-HB.PDF)
6. **Public Act No. 21-62** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00062-R00HB-05610-PA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Doucette, Jason — primary (person)
- Gibson, Bobby G. — primary (person)
- Hughes, Anne M. — primary (person)
- Johnson, Susan M. — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Porter, Robyn A. — primary (person)
- Riley, Emmett D. — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Stallworth, Charlie L. — primary (person)
- Turco, Gary A. — primary (person)
- Winkler, Michael A. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Banking `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Reserved for Subject Matter Public Hearing
- **2021-02-11** PUBLIC HEARING 0218
- **2021-02-23** Vote to Draft
- **2021-03-05** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2021-03-08** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Banking `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-03-10** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/15/21
- **2021-03-16** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-03-16** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-03-16** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 83
- **2021-03-16** FILE NO. 64
- **2021-05-18** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-05-18** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-05-20** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-05-20** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 449
- **2021-05-20** FILE NO. 698
- **2021-06-04** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-04** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-04** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-09** PUBLIC ACT 21-62
- **2021-06-10** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-10** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-06-24** 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/2ebfec62-07ee-4450-9cf6-538bbb61bb25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).