---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT EXEMPTING CERTAIN RECORDS CONCERNING NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT."
description: "AN ACT EXEMPTING CERTAIN RECORDS CONCERNING NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6203"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6203 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Freedom of information", "Native Americans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conley, Christine", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Haddad, Gregory", "Osten, Catherine A.", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Smith, Brian T.", "Thomas, Stephanie"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53934b09-827b-41b7-9452-24da1f8d350d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "c2ba8711d2b66febad9d0e767c8b618ecdac1773521ec71c6de1abb9a53d726a"
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 6203 (2021) — AN ACT EXEMPTING CERTAIN RECORDS CONCERNING NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06203-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 468** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06203-R000468-FC.PDF)
3. **GAE Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06203-R02-HB.PDF)
4. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06203-R00-HB.PDF)
5. **Public Act No. 21-114** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00114-R00HB-06203-PA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Conley, Christine — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Haddad, Gregory — primary (person)
- Osten, Catherine A. — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Smith, Brian T. — primary (person)
- Thomas, Stephanie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Vote to Draft
- **2021-03-17** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2021-03-18** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** PUBLIC HEARING 0324
- **2021-03-30** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-04-09** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/14/21
- **2021-04-15** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-04-15** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-04-15** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 335
- **2021-04-15** FILE NO. 468
- **2021-05-04** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-05-06** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-05-06** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 379
- **2021-06-07** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-07** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-23** PUBLIC ACT 21-114
- **2021-06-24** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-24** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-07-07** 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/53934b09-827b-41b7-9452-24da1f8d350d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).