---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN SOIL-RELATED INITIATIVES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN SOIL-RELATED INITIATIVES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6496"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6496 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dredging", "Energy and Environmental Protection", "Department of", "Environmental permits", "Fees", "Reports", "Soil", "Structures", "fill", "obstructions and encroachments"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ferraro, Charles J.", "Gibson, Bobby G.", "Horn, Maria P.", "Parker, John-michael", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Thomas, Stephanie"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97a7c225-7452-49cc-8053-260f45a2a177"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "114967220cea8c356496bc56cdf3f1a7f78bb6cfc50d9d24f9cfad231b27a9cd"
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 6496 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN SOIL-RELATED INITIATIVES.

## 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-06496-R02-HB.PDF)
2. **ENV Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06496-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **File No. 230** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06496-R000230-FC.PDF)
4. **File No. 783** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06496-R000783-FC.PDF)
5. **Public Act No. 21-88** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00088-R00HB-06496-PA.PDF)
6. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06496-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Ferraro, Charles J. — primary (person)
- Gibson, Bobby G. — primary (person)
- Horn, Maria P. — primary (person)
- Parker, John-michael — 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 Environment `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** PUBLIC HEARING 0303
- **2021-03-12** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-15** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-03-25** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/30/21
- **2021-03-31** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-03-31** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-03-31** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 191
- **2021-03-31** FILE NO. 230
- **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
- **2021-06-02** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-02** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-02** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2021-06-03** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-06-03** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 547
- **2021-06-03** FILE NO. 783
- **2021-06-04** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-04** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-11** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-16** PUBLIC ACT 21-88
- **2021-06-18** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-18** 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/97a7c225-7452-49cc-8053-260f45a2a177`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).