---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AFFORDABILITY INCENTIVE ZONES AND BONDS OF BOARD MEMBERS AND OTHER EMPLOYEES OF THE CONNECTICUT HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITY."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AFFORDABILITY INCENTIVE ZONES AND BONDS OF BOARD MEMBERS AND OTHER EMPLOYEES OF THE CONNECTICUT HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6494"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6494 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA)", "Down payment assistance", "Home ownership loans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butler, Larry B.", "Doucette, Jason", "Rochelle, Kara", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Thomas, Stephanie"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11de0b43-8993-4ed6-afc3-187a44d498e7"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "9f9418b13215bede91c716efa8e3373b0450dc44b02452514ac034a50a303ebe"
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 6494 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AFFORDABILITY INCENTIVE ZONES AND BONDS OF BOARD MEMBERS AND OTHER EMPLOYEES OF THE CONNECTICUT HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITY.

## Version chain

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

1. **BA Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06494-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 242** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06494-R000242-FC.PDF)
3. **File No. 711** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06494-R000711-FC.PDF)
4. **HSG Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06494-R02-HB.PDF)
5. **Public Act No. 21-101** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00101-R00HB-06494-PA.PDF)
6. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06494-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Butler, Larry B. — primary (person)
- Doucette, Jason — primary (person)
- Rochelle, Kara — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Thomas, Stephanie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-24** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Banking `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** PUBLIC HEARING 0302
- **2021-03-17** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-03-26** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/31/21
- **2021-04-01** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-04-01** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-04-01** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 203
- **2021-04-01** FILE NO. 242
- **2021-04-26** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Housing `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-30** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-04-30** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-04-30** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Housing `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-30** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-05-19** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-05-19** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-05-19** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2021-05-21** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-05-21** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 467
- **2021-05-21** FILE NO. 711
- **2021-06-04** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-04** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-04** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-16** PUBLIC ACT 21-101
- **2021-06-18** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-18** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-06-30** 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/11de0b43-8993-4ed6-afc3-187a44d498e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).