---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT ALLOWING PERSONS SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER TO OPERATE RIDES AT AMUSEMENT PARKS."
description: "AN ACT ALLOWING PERSONS SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER TO OPERATE RIDES AT AMUSEMENT PARKS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 186"
citation: "Connecticut SB 186 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Age", "Amusement parks", "Amusement rides and devices"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berthel, Eric C.", "D'amelio, Anthony J.", "Pavalock-d'amato, Cara Christine", "Rutigliano, David", "Witkos, Kevin D."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6698b6e3-310e-46cf-a940-0be000e06af3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "3ddd65f93dd5c62e1d4d19f4d752885ed8a28632d481b552f418fe062393b804"
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 186 (2021) — AN ACT ALLOWING PERSONS SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER TO OPERATE RIDES AT AMUSEMENT PARKS.

## 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-00186-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **File No. 314** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021SB-00186-R000314-FC.PDF)
3. **GL Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00186-R02-SB.PDF)
4. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00186-R00-SB.PDF)
5. **Public Act No. 21-38** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00038-R00SB-00186-PA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Berthel, Eric C. — primary (person)
- D'amelio, Anthony J. — primary (person)
- Pavalock-d'amato, Cara Christine — primary (person)
- Rutigliano, David — primary (person)
- Witkos, Kevin D. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON General Law `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Reserved for Subject Matter Public Hearing
- **2021-02-11** PUBLIC HEARING 0218
- **2021-02-25** Vote to Draft
- **2021-03-15** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2021-03-16** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON General Law `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** 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 204
- **2021-04-07** FILE NO. 314
- **2021-04-28** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-28** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2021-04-29** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-04-29** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 433
- **2021-06-02** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-02** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-07** PUBLIC ACT 21-38
- **2021-06-08** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-08** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-06-14** 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/6698b6e3-310e-46cf-a940-0be000e06af3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).