---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE DECLARATION AND RENEWAL OF CIVIL PREPAREDNESS AND PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES BY THE GOVERNOR."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE DECLARATION AND RENEWAL OF CIVIL PREPAREDNESS AND PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES BY THE GOVERNOR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6686"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6686 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil preparedness", "Emergencies", "Governor", "Public health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duff, Bob", "Looney, Martin M.", "Ritter, Matthew", "Rojas, Jason", "Santiago, Hilda E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-05-10"
last_action: "2021-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fe54bb6-0df1-45c7-ae7a-d47d4d5047bd"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "91c782d262dd3208f6dcf856da2895c79ff40f5d743abe20b9f5311e9e2c0aba"
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 6686 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE DECLARATION AND RENEWAL OF CIVIL PREPAREDNESS AND PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES BY THE GOVERNOR.

## 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-06686-R00-HB.PDF)
2. **Special Act No. 21-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/SA/PDF/2021SA-00004-R00HB-06686-SA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Duff, Bob — primary (person)
- Looney, Martin M. — primary (person)
- Ritter, Matthew — primary (person)
- Rojas, Jason — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-10** EMERGENCY CERTIFICATION
- **2021-05-11** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-05-11** RULES SUSPENDED, TRANSMITTED TO SENATE
- **2021-05-12** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-05-12** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-05-12** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE GOV.
- **2021-05-13** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR IN ORIGINAL `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** SPECIAL ACT 21-4
- **2021-05-19** 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/5fe54bb6-0df1-45c7-ae7a-d47d4d5047bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).