---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING BLOCKCHAIN AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING BLOCKCHAIN AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1039"
citation: "Connecticut SB 1039 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Services", "Department of", "Economic and Community Development", "Department of", "Reports", "Technology", "Telecommuting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abercrombie, Catherine F.", "Foster, Jaime S.", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Hwang, Tony", "Rochelle, Kara", "Wood, Kerry S."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-11"
last_action: "2021-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfda8896-ad4f-458e-8818-edc86ab29b1c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "a5874da5358c97808f8abc1421d3a7efad807d924fe85f7cbaab704c7adb5fbc"
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 1039 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING BLOCKCHAIN AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES.

## 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-01039-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **File No. 325** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021SB-01039-R000325-FC.PDF)
3. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-01039-R00-SB.PDF)
4. **Special Act No. 21-25** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/SA/PDF/2021SA-00025-R00SB-01039-SA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Abercrombie, Catherine F. — primary (person)
- Foster, Jaime S. — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Hwang, Tony — primary (person)
- Rochelle, Kara — primary (person)
- Wood, Kerry S. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-11** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** PUBLIC HEARING 0318
- **2021-03-22** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-03-30** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/06/21
- **2021-04-07** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-04-07** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-04-07** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 203
- **2021-04-07** FILE NO. 325
- **2021-04-28** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-29** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-04-29** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 434
- **2021-06-09** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-09** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-24** SPECIAL ACT 21-25
- **2021-06-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-28** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-07-12** 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/dfda8896-ad4f-458e-8818-edc86ab29b1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).