---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH EQUITY, THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC AND PULSE OXIMETERS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH EQUITY, THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC AND PULSE OXIMETERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1008"
citation: "Connecticut SB 1008 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health care providers", "Health insurance", "Insurance Department", "Medical supplies and equipment", "Minorities", "Multicultural health", "Public Health", "Department of", "State regulations", "specific"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Borer, Dorinda", "Candelaria, Juan R.", "Delnicki, Tom", "Dillon, Patricia A.", "Elliott, Josh", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Hwang, Tony", "Looney, Martin M.", "Michel, David", "Porter, Robyn A.", "Sampson, Rob", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Wood, Kerry S."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-04"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67b42fd1-427c-4956-9bad-ca4630d20170"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "59e9a8ce022da08bb950971f8fc96c5eb1f1d01364a116f8c6a328044bb36ee2"
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 SB 1008 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH EQUITY, THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC AND PULSE OXIMETERS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 365** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021SB-01008-R000365-FC.PDF)
2. **INS Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-01008-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 21-57** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00057-R00SB-01008-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-01008-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Borer, Dorinda — primary (person)
- Candelaria, Juan R. — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Dillon, Patricia A. — primary (person)
- Elliott, Josh — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Hwang, Tony — primary (person)
- Looney, Martin M. — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Porter, Robyn A. — primary (person)
- Sampson, Rob — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Wood, Kerry S. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-04** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Insurance and Real Estate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** PUBLIC HEARING 0309
- **2021-03-22** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-04-01** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/07/21
- **2021-04-08** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-04-08** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-04-08** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 232
- **2021-04-08** FILE NO. 365
- **2021-04-28** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-04-28** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-04-28** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2021-04-29** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-04-29** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 449
- **2021-06-03** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-03** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-03** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-09** PUBLIC ACT 21-57
- **2021-06-10** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-10** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-06-16** 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/67b42fd1-427c-4956-9bad-ca4630d20170`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).