---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS REVISIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES STATUTES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS REVISIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES STATUTES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 416"
citation: "Connecticut SB 416 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abuse", "Camp Harkness", "Developmental Services", "Department of", "Developmental disabilities", "persons with", "Guardian and ward", "Intellectual disabilities", "persons with"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Osten, Catherine A."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6039a603-91c9-4c07-bf4b-bbb542195224"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "84524c7af9b8352c1d289a2dd0b7e5ff9993a177b09431370448b2b30e726532"
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 416 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS REVISIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES STATUTES.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 34** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021SB-00416-R000034-FC.PDF)
2. **PH Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00416-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 21-135** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00135-R00SB-00416-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00416-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Osten, Catherine A. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** PUBLIC HEARING 0208
- **2021-02-22** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-22** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-03-02** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/08/21
- **2021-03-09** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-03-09** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-03-09** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 57
- **2021-03-09** FILE NO. 34
- **2021-05-19** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-05-19** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2021-05-21** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-05-21** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 525
- **2021-06-09** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-09** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-24** PUBLIC ACT 21-135
- **2021-06-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-28** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-07-07** 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/6039a603-91c9-4c07-bf4b-bbb542195224`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).