---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING ENHANCEMENTS TO CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING ENHANCEMENTS TO CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6385"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6385 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agricultural products", "Agriculture", "Department of", "Connecticut Grown food", "Connecticut Marketing Authority", "Eggs", "Farmers' market coupon programs", "Fines (Penalties)", "WIC program"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dillon, Patricia A.", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Hartley, Joan V.", "Kennedy, Kathy", "Osten, Catherine A.", "Smith, Brian T.", "Zawistowski, Tami"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/724446a5-b2f0-45a7-a0ed-cde3e111b500"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "9f7d8b4570ac651c79d176ef693344116fd50feb3094ccac0e8fb4a1f503ca4b"
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 6385 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING ENHANCEMENTS TO CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS.

## 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/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06385-R02-HB.PDF)
2. **ENV Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06385-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **File No. 134** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06385-R000134-FC.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 21-155** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00155-R00HB-06385-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06385-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Dillon, Patricia A. — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Hartley, Joan V. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Kathy — primary (person)
- Osten, Catherine A. — primary (person)
- Smith, Brian T. — primary (person)
- Zawistowski, Tami — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-03-19** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/24/21
- **2021-03-25** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-03-25** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-03-25** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 128
- **2021-03-25** FILE NO. 134
- **2021-04-26** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-04** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-05-04** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-05-04** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-06-07** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-07** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2021-06-07** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-06-07** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 576
- **2021-06-09** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-09** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-24** PUBLIC ACT 21-155
- **2021-06-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-28** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-07-12** 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/724446a5-b2f0-45a7-a0ed-cde3e111b500`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).