---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1070"
citation: "Connecticut SB 1070 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advanced practice nurses", "Home health care", "Physician assistants"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gucker, Kenneth M", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Yaccarino, Dave W."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-18"
last_action: "2021-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0237e851-3054-4d4e-be61-6e284f44283d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "fe1250f01fdf063b39b50e22ba9cc12714b0634cdef8992596da165ae9bc29ca"
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 1070 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 536** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021SB-01070-R000536-FC.PDF)
2. **PH Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-01070-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 21-196** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00196-R00SB-01070-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-01070-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Yaccarino, Dave W. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** PUBLIC HEARING 0329
- **2021-03-31** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-04-13** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/19/21
- **2021-04-20** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-04-20** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-04-20** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 317
- **2021-04-20** FILE NO. 536
- **2021-05-20** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-05-20** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-05-21** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-05-21** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 545
- **2021-06-09** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-09** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-09** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-09** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-09** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2021-06-09** DISAGREEING ACTION,TABLED FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-06-09** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-09** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-09** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-09** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-28** PUBLIC ACT 21-196
- **2021-06-30** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-30** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-07-13** 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/0237e851-3054-4d4e-be61-6e284f44283d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).