---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING SUPPLEMENTAL REVISIONS TO THE STATE'S HEMP PROGRAM STATUTE."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING SUPPLEMENTAL REVISIONS TO THE STATE'S HEMP PROGRAM STATUTE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6500"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6500 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal history records", "Hemp"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Gresko, Joseph P.", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Hennessy, John \"jack\" F.", "Michel, David", "Osten, Catherine A."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7215d96b-bd17-4f0e-b72c-d5582eada932"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "af7d4d4b855ce914a11ee90200664cc78096f0868d60f41662807095f4c90bae"
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 6500 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING SUPPLEMENTAL REVISIONS TO THE STATE'S HEMP PROGRAM STATUTE.

## Version chain

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

1. **ENV Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06500-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 207** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06500-R000207-FC.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 21-89** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00089-R00HB-06500-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06500-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Gresko, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Hennessy, John "jack" F. — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Osten, Catherine A. — 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
- **2021-03-24** 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 178
- **2021-03-30** FILE NO. 207
- **2021-05-06** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-05-10** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-05-10** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 408
- **2021-06-04** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-04** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-16** PUBLIC ACT 21-89
- **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/7215d96b-bd17-4f0e-b72c-d5582eada932`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).