---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PILOT PROGRAM."
description: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PILOT PROGRAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1020"
citation: "Connecticut SB 1020 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Distressed municipalities", "Economic and Community Development", "Department of", "Grants by the state", "Naugatuck Valley", "Regional economic development corporations", "Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Betts, Whit", "Butler, Larry B.", "Cabrera, Jorge", "D'amelio, Anthony J.", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Klarides-ditria, Nicole", "Labriola, David K.", "Mcgorty, Ben", "Rebimbas, Rosa C.", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Rochelle, Kara", "Rutigliano, David", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Welander, Mary", "Wood, Terrie E."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-04"
last_action: "2021-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a162a7cf-9da0-4348-9308-c6d09583f9cc"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "58d17f4d0371f18ef98b476750da7912ec9d0afb09cc9c6b48d3829044970fb4"
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 1020 (2021) — AN ACT ESTABLISHING A REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PILOT PROGRAM.

## 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/S/PDF/2021SB-01020-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **File No. 222** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021SB-01020-R000222-FC.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 21-77** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00077-R00SB-01020-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-01020-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Betts, Whit — primary (person)
- Butler, Larry B. — primary (person)
- Cabrera, Jorge — primary (person)
- D'amelio, Anthony J. — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Klarides-ditria, Nicole — primary (person)
- Labriola, David K. — primary (person)
- Mcgorty, Ben — primary (person)
- Rebimbas, Rosa C. — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Rochelle, Kara — primary (person)
- Rutigliano, David — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Welander, Mary — primary (person)
- Wood, Terrie E. — 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., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-03-30** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 161
- **2021-03-30** FILE NO. 222
- **2021-05-20** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-05-20** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-05-20** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2021-05-21** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-05-21** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 540
- **2021-06-04** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-04** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-04** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-15** PUBLIC ACT 21-77
- **2021-06-16** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-16** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-06-24** 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/a162a7cf-9da0-4348-9308-c6d09583f9cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).