---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE OPEN CHOICE VOUCHERS PILOT PROGRAM."
description: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE OPEN CHOICE VOUCHERS PILOT PROGRAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6436"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6436 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education Department", "Housing", "Department of", "Interdistrict public school attendance program", "Rental assistance programs", "Reports", "School choice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gucker, Kenneth M", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Rojas, Jason", "Winkler, Michael A."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db17f67a-11d1-4522-b2e9-abf3f7ebc8c5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "6696f4429eeb404ce1d361f9f6cd52a76b2372851e9824f142e4d18dc60f74b1"
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 6436 (2021) — AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE OPEN CHOICE VOUCHERS PILOT PROGRAM.

## 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-06436-R02-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 120** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06436-R000120-FC.PDF)
3. **File No. 749** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06436-R000749-FC.PDF)
4. **HSG Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06436-R01-HB.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06436-R00-HB.PDF)
6. **Special Act No. 21-26** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/SA/PDF/2021SA-00026-R00HB-06436-SA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Rojas, Jason — primary (person)
- Winkler, Michael A. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Housing `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** PUBLIC HEARING 0218
- **2021-03-09** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-03-18** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/23/21
- **2021-03-24** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-03-24** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-03-24** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 119
- **2021-03-24** FILE NO. 120
- **2021-05-04** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-11** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-05-11** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-05-11** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-05-25** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-05-25** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-05-27** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-05-27** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 509
- **2021-05-27** FILE NO. 749
- **2021-06-09** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-09** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-09** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-25** SPECIAL ACT 21-26
- **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/db17f67a-11d1-4522-b2e9-abf3f7ebc8c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).