---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING PROGRAMS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING PROGRAMS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 102"
citation: "Connecticut SB 102 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency medical services", "First aid", "Mental health", "Paramedics"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abercrombie, Catherine F.", "Buckbee, Bill", "Champagne, Dan", "Delnicki, Tom", "Formica, Paul M.", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Klarides-ditria, Nicole", "Petit, William A.", "Witkos, Kevin D.", "Zawistowski, Tami"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71aee18b-4a57-4910-af72-403633021b24"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "647a23e0ebbcd6cc070068ac304a350456a01d08e3d2e520ca49dbde28537992"
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 102 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING PROGRAMS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00102-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **File No. 418** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021SB-00102-R000418-FC.PDF)
3. **PH Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00102-R02-SB.PDF)
4. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00102-R00-SB.PDF)
5. **Public Act No. 21-134** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00134-R00SB-00102-PA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Abercrombie, Catherine F. — primary (person)
- Buckbee, Bill — primary (person)
- Champagne, Dan — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Formica, Paul M. — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Klarides-ditria, Nicole — primary (person)
- Petit, William A. — primary (person)
- Witkos, Kevin D. — primary (person)
- Zawistowski, Tami — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** Vote to Draft
- **2021-02-26** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2021-03-01** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** PUBLIC HEARING 0308
- **2021-03-26** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-04-06** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/12/21
- **2021-04-13** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-04-13** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-04-13** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 258
- **2021-04-13** FILE NO. 418
- **2021-05-12** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-05-12** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2021-05-14** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-05-14** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 481
- **2021-06-09** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-09** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-24** PUBLIC ACT 21-134
- **2021-06-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-28** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-07-07** 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/71aee18b-4a57-4910-af72-403633021b24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).