---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT INCENTIVIZING THE ADOPTION OF CYBERSECURITY STANDARDS FOR BUSINESSES."
description: "AN ACT INCENTIVIZING THE ADOPTION OF CYBERSECURITY STANDARDS FOR BUSINESSES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6607"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6607 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Computer crimes", "Personal data", "Security measures"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butler, Larry B.", "Ferraro, Charles J.", "Fishbein, Craig C.", "Kennedy, Kathy", "Porter, Robyn A.", "Rutigliano, David", "Witkos, Kevin D."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-10"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccaca8d7-033c-4128-bcae-943bb926aea5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "71a67cdc17fc1e5288de9f90982d38fa68c973c70002decb5d5cf0710ba53bb3"
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 6607 (2021) — AN ACT INCENTIVIZING THE ADOPTION OF CYBERSECURITY STANDARDS FOR BUSINESSES.

## Version chain

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

1. **CE Joint Favorable Change of Reference** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06607-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 598** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06607-R000598-FC.PDF)
3. **File No. 714** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06607-R000714-FC.PDF)
4. **JUD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06607-R02-HB.PDF)
5. **Public Act No. 21-119** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00119-R00HB-06607-PA.PDF)
6. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06607-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Butler, Larry B. — primary (person)
- Ferraro, Charles J. — primary (person)
- Fishbein, Craig C. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Kathy — primary (person)
- Porter, Robyn A. — primary (person)
- Rutigliano, David — primary (person)
- Witkos, Kevin D. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** PUBLIC HEARING 0318
- **2021-03-22** Joint Favorable Change of Reference JUD `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-03-24** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-03-29** FAV. CHG. OF REF. HOUSE TO COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** FAV. CHG. OF REF., SEN. TO COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-04-19** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/26/21
- **2021-04-26** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-04-26** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-04-26** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 421
- **2021-04-26** FILE NO. 598
- **2021-05-20** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-05-20** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-05-24** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-05-24** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 476
- **2021-05-24** FILE NO. 714
- **2021-06-07** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-07** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-07** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-23** PUBLIC ACT 21-119
- **2021-06-24** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-24** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-07-06** 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/ccaca8d7-033c-4128-bcae-943bb926aea5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).