---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING AN EXTENSION OF TIME FOR THE EXPIRATION OF CERTAIN LAND USE APPROVALS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING AN EXTENSION OF TIME FOR THE EXPIRATION OF CERTAIN LAND USE APPROVALS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6541"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6541 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Inland wetlands agencies", "Land use", "Permits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butler, Larry B.", "Delnicki, Tom", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Santiago, Hilda E."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/273c8d60-c378-4320-b311-1a8cca6004b2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "2376162955890e038aae14ed4eeb84917fbccb5344cb7dbbeb082930e93886d3"
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 6541 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING AN EXTENSION OF TIME FOR THE EXPIRATION OF CERTAIN LAND USE APPROVALS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 304** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06541-R000304-FC.PDF)
2. **File No. 788** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06541-R000788-FC.PDF)
3. **PD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06541-R01-HB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 21-163** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00163-R00HB-06541-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06541-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Butler, Larry B. — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-26** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Planning and Development `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** PUBLIC HEARING 0305
- **2021-03-21** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-03-30** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/06/21
- **2021-04-07** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-04-07** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-04-07** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 236
- **2021-04-07** FILE NO. 304
- **2021-06-03** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-03** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-03** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2021-06-04** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-06-04** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 554
- **2021-06-04** FILE NO. 788
- **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
- **2021-06-24** PUBLIC ACT 21-163
- **2021-06-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-28** 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/273c8d60-c378-4320-b311-1a8cca6004b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).