---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT REQUIRING A STUDY OF THE OBSTACLES TO MERGING OR CONSOLIDATING MUNICIPAL FIRE DISTRICTS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS."
description: "AN ACT REQUIRING A STUDY OF THE OBSTACLES TO MERGING OR CONSOLIDATING MUNICIPAL FIRE DISTRICTS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6422"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6422 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fire departments", "Fire districts", "Policy and Management", "Office of", "Regionalism", "Reports", "Studies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Arnone, Tom", "Cassano, Steve", "Delnicki, Tom", "Linehan, Liz", "Zawistowski, Tami"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a02cdd2-e855-4603-9625-8809618d2991"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "9bcae3ac0e5fee4477af94718cdfab43085f81a13c5b77eff113a66e29304b04"
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 6422 (2021) — AN ACT REQUIRING A STUDY OF THE OBSTACLES TO MERGING OR CONSOLIDATING MUNICIPAL FIRE DISTRICTS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 59** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06422-R000059-FC.PDF)
2. **PD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06422-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06422-R00-HB.PDF)
4. **Special Act No. 21-12** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/SA/PDF/2021SA-00012-R00HB-06422-SA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Arnone, Tom — primary (person)
- Cassano, Steve — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Linehan, Liz — primary (person)
- Zawistowski, Tami — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Planning and Development `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** PUBLIC HEARING 0219
- **2021-03-02** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-03-09** 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 82
- **2021-03-16** FILE NO. 59
- **2021-04-26** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-28** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-04-28** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 370
- **2021-06-04** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-04** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-15** SPECIAL ACT 21-12
- **2021-06-16** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-16** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-06-28** 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/1a02cdd2-e855-4603-9625-8809618d2991`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).