---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6580"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6580 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agricultural science and technology education", "Reports", "Studies", "University of Connecticut"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackert, Tim", "Delnicki, Tom", "Foster, Jaime S.", "Moore, Marilyn V.", "Ryan, Kevin", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Veach, Donna", "Welander, Mary", "Wood, Terrie E.", "Zawistowski, Tami"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-04"
last_action: "2021-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58839d27-ab86-4e6f-8b20-7347d8343c94"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "d688eaa3debd7081de18e133f5c22792afef257bef3d8cd5fc20ff28ead43ca7"
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 6580 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 177** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06580-R000177-FC.PDF)
2. **HED Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06580-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06580-R00-HB.PDF)
4. **Special Act No. 21-27** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/SA/PDF/2021SA-00027-R00HB-06580-SA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Ackert, Tim — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Foster, Jaime S. — primary (person)
- Moore, Marilyn V. — primary (person)
- Ryan, Kevin — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Veach, Donna — primary (person)
- Welander, Mary — primary (person)
- Wood, Terrie E. — primary (person)
- Zawistowski, Tami — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-04** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Higher Education and Employment Advancement `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** PUBLIC HEARING 0309
- **2021-03-11** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-03-22** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/29/21
- **2021-03-29** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-03-29** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-03-29** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 165
- **2021-03-29** FILE NO. 177
- **2021-05-18** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-05-20** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-05-20** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 455
- **2021-06-09** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-09** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-25** SPECIAL ACT 21-27
- **2021-06-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-28** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-07-13** 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/58839d27-ab86-4e6f-8b20-7347d8343c94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).