---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IN OCCUPATIONS LICENSED BY THE DEPARTMENTS OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND CONSUMER PROTECTION AND REQUIRING A REPORT FROM CERTAIN EXECUTIVE BRANCH AGENCIES REGARDING BACKGROUND CHECKS AND THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING PRECLEARANCE ASSESSMENTS OF CRIMINAL HISTORY."
description: "AN ACT EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IN OCCUPATIONS LICENSED BY THE DEPARTMENTS OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND CONSUMER PROTECTION AND REQUIRING A REPORT FROM CERTAIN EXECUTIVE BRANCH AGENCIES REGARDING BACKGROUND CHECKS AND THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING PRECLEARANCE ASSESSMENTS OF CRIMINAL HISTORY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6449"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6449 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Protection Department", "Criminal history records", "Examining boards", "Governor's bills", "Health care providers", "Interstate compacts", "Military families", "Occupational licenses", "Professional licenses", "Public Health", "Department of", "Reciprocity", "Reports", "State agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cheeseman, Holly H.", "Comey, Robin E.", "Conley, Christine", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Simms, Travis", "Stallworth, Charlie L."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2021-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b3c6e53-8cff-42d8-b0dc-2646a5b44104"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "06f5ef557b09426aa428f9a1de1037a2377b0d6a6f12cde5b3d6189a7d5cf11f"
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 6449 (2021) — AN ACT EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IN OCCUPATIONS LICENSED BY THE DEPARTMENTS OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND CONSUMER PROTECTION AND REQUIRING A REPORT FROM CERTAIN EXECUTIVE BRANCH AGENCIES REGARDING BACKGROUND CHECKS AND THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING PRECLEARANCE ASSESSMENTS OF CRIMINAL HISTORY.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 203** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06449-R000203-FC.PDF)
2. **Governor's Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06449-R00-HB.PDF)
3. **PH Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06449-R01-HB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 21-152** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00152-R00HB-06449-PA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Cheeseman, Holly H. — primary (person)
- Comey, Robin E. — primary (person)
- Conley, Christine — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Simms, Travis — primary (person)
- Stallworth, Charlie L. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-11** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** PUBLIC HEARING 0303
- **2021-03-12** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-03-24** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/29/21
- **2021-03-30** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-03-30** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-03-30** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 174
- **2021-03-30** FILE NO. 203
- **2021-06-07** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-07** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `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 573
- **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
- **2021-06-28** PUBLIC ACT 21-152
- **2021-06-30** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-30** 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/6b3c6e53-8cff-42d8-b0dc-2646a5b44104`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).