---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING TOURISM."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING TOURISM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6603"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6603 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Councils", "Jobs", "Regionalism", "Reports", "Studies", "Task forces", "Tourism districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Carney, Devin R.", "Conley, Christine", "Goupil, Christine", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Haines, Irene M.", "Horn, Maria P.", "Kennedy, Kathy", "Osten, Catherine A.", "Parker, John-michael", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Veach, Donna", "Zawistowski, Tami"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-04"
last_action: "2021-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd0b75ae-c743-4180-a4fa-09a070eb0d34"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "b09e0b000bf0b5c264566bf7abed48263b3b998b885a67819eb703debd58ee3a"
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 6603 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING TOURISM.

## Version chain

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

1. **CE Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06603-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 212** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06603-R000212-FC.PDF)
3. **File No. 778** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06603-R000778-FC.PDF)
4. **PD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06603-R02-HB.PDF)
5. **Public Act No. 21-94** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00094-R00HB-06603-PA.PDF)
6. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06603-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Carney, Devin R. — primary (person)
- Conley, Christine — primary (person)
- Goupil, Christine — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Haines, Irene M. — primary (person)
- Horn, Maria P. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Kathy — primary (person)
- Osten, Catherine A. — primary (person)
- Parker, John-michael — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Veach, Donna — primary (person)
- Zawistowski, Tami — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-04** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** PUBLIC HEARING 0309
- **2021-03-16** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** 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 183
- **2021-03-30** FILE NO. 212
- **2021-04-06** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Planning and Development `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-04-15** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-04-15** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Planning and Development `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-06-01** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-01** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-01** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2021-06-02** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-06-02** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 542
- **2021-06-02** FILE NO. 778
- **2021-06-04** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-04** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-04** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-16** PUBLIC ACT 21-94
- **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/fd0b75ae-c743-4180-a4fa-09a070eb0d34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).