---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT MITIGATING ADVERSE TAX CONSEQUENCES RESULTING FROM EMPLOYEES WORKING REMOTELY DURING COVID-19, AND CONCERNING THE REMOVAL OF LIENS ON THE PROPERTY OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BENEFICIARIES AND A THREE-TIERED GRANTS IN LIEU OF TAXES PROGRAM."
description: "AN ACT MITIGATING ADVERSE TAX CONSEQUENCES RESULTING FROM EMPLOYEES WORKING REMOTELY DURING COVID-19, AND CONCERNING THE REMOVAL OF LIENS ON THE PROPERTY OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BENEFICIARIES AND A THREE-TIERED GRANTS IN LIEU OF TAXES PROGRAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6516"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6516 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bridgeport", "Claims by the state", "Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)", "Grand lists", "Income tax credits (State)", "State grants in lieu of taxes on real property of private colleges and hospitals", "State grants in lieu of taxes on state-owned real property", "Telecommuting", "Welfare recipients"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conley, Christine", "Dathan, Lucy", "Duff, Bob", "Hennessy, John \"jack\" F.", "Kavros Degraw, Eleni", "Looney, Martin M.", "Luxenberg, Geoff", "Ritter, Matthew", "Rojas, Jason"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f3026e2-97dc-465d-bd61-7cfc604008b8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "dda89e285a1666a5df1a7cd9ee98b19237ddfa2f350c11f984ea69033f979acc"
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 6516 (2021) — AN ACT MITIGATING ADVERSE TAX CONSEQUENCES RESULTING FROM EMPLOYEES WORKING REMOTELY DURING COVID-19, AND CONCERNING THE REMOVAL OF LIENS ON THE PROPERTY OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BENEFICIARIES AND A THREE-TIERED GRANTS IN LIEU OF TAXES PROGRAM.

## Version chain

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

1. **New Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06516-R00-HB.PDF)
2. **Public Act No. 21-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00003-R00HB-06516-PA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Conley, Christine — primary (person)
- Dathan, Lucy — primary (person)
- Duff, Bob — primary (person)
- Hennessy, John "jack" F. — primary (person)
- Kavros Degraw, Eleni — primary (person)
- Looney, Martin M. — primary (person)
- Luxenberg, Geoff — primary (person)
- Ritter, Matthew — primary (person)
- Rojas, Jason — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-24** EMERGENCY CERTIFICATION
- **2021-02-24** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-02-24** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-02-24** RULES SUSPENDED, TRANSMITTED TO SENATE
- **2021-02-25** TABLED FOR CAL., SENATE
- **2021-02-25** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 47
- **2021-03-01** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-03-01** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-03-01** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-03-01** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE GOV.
- **2021-03-04** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR IN ORIGINAL `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-10** PUBLIC ACT 21-3
- **2021-03-25** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f3026e2-97dc-465d-bd61-7cfc604008b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).