---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING REQUIREMENTS FOR HOME CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS AND HOME IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTORS AND SALESPERSONS, EXEMPTING CERTAIN PERSONS FROM LOCKSMITH REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS AND EXPANDING THE APPLICABILITY OF THE SMALL CLAIMS PROCEDURE."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING REQUIREMENTS FOR HOME CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS AND HOME IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTORS AND SALESPERSONS, EXEMPTING CERTAIN PERSONS FROM LOCKSMITH REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS AND EXPANDING THE APPLICABILITY OF THE SMALL CLAIMS PROCEDURE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 266"
citation: "Connecticut SB 266 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Apprentices", "Binding arbitration", "Construction contracts", "Fees", "Home Improvement Guaranty Fund", "Home improvement contractors", "Liability insurance", "Locksmiths", "New Home Construction Guaranty Fund", "New home construction contractors", "Salespersons", "Small claims"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Delnicki, Tom", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Rutigliano, David", "Witkos, Kevin D.", "Zullo, Joseph H."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/290b80c8-a036-40d5-b9e2-609da7c734f6"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "edc5815795366c1b93721400b818fe7f8d9a82a97df4181e25598d04348759da"
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 266 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING REQUIREMENTS FOR HOME CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS AND HOME IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTORS AND SALESPERSONS, EXEMPTING CERTAIN PERSONS FROM LOCKSMITH REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS AND EXPANDING THE APPLICABILITY OF THE SMALL CLAIMS PROCEDURE.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 14** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021SB-00266-R000014-FC.PDF)
2. **GL Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00266-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **JUD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00266-R02-SB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 21-197** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00197-R00SB-00266-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00266-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Rutigliano, David — primary (person)
- Witkos, Kevin D. — primary (person)
- Zullo, Joseph H. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON General Law `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** PUBLIC HEARING 0128
- **2021-02-16** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-17** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-02-26** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/03/21
- **2021-03-04** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-03-04** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-03-04** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 50
- **2021-03-04** FILE NO. 14
- **2021-04-28** REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-04** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-05-04** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-05-04** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-06-02** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-02** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-03** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-06-03** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 579
- **2021-06-09** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-09** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-09** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-28** PUBLIC ACT 21-197
- **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/290b80c8-a036-40d5-b9e2-609da7c734f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).