---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CREATING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE REGULATION OF PROFESSIONAL BONDSMEN, BAIL ENFORCEMENT AGENTS AND SURETY BAIL BOND AGENTS."
description: "AN ACT CREATING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE REGULATION OF PROFESSIONAL BONDSMEN, BAIL ENFORCEMENT AGENTS AND SURETY BAIL BOND AGENTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 575"
citation: "Connecticut SB 575 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bail bondsmen", "Bail enforcement agents", "Licenses", "Reports", "Studies", "Surety bail bond agents", "Task forces"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gucker, Kenneth M", "Hall, Joshua M.", "Osten, Catherine A.", "Smith, Brian T."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/134639b1-8aca-4233-8ce3-b2cfcc0bc84d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "b2c80575e64e2c28e4b2a303bb28aae95e386c71173fed757bb2b3fcd1e3a311"
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 575 (2021) — AN ACT CREATING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE REGULATION OF PROFESSIONAL BONDSMEN, BAIL ENFORCEMENT AGENTS AND SURETY BAIL BOND AGENTS.

## 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-00575-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **File No. 277** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021SB-00575-R000277-FC.PDF)
3. **PS Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00575-R02-SB.PDF)
4. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00575-R00-SB.PDF)
5. **Special Act No. 21-22** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/SA/PDF/2021SA-00022-R00SB-00575-SA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Hall, Joshua M. — primary (person)
- Osten, Catherine A. — primary (person)
- Smith, Brian T. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Safety and Security `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** Reserved for Subject Matter Public Hearing
- **2021-02-05** PUBLIC HEARING 0211
- **2021-02-23** Vote to Draft
- **2021-03-15** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2021-03-16** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Safety and Security `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-03-29** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/06/21
- **2021-04-06** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-04-06** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-04-06** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 199
- **2021-04-06** FILE NO. 277
- **2021-05-13** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-05-13** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2021-05-14** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-05-14** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 486
- **2021-06-09** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-09** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-24** SPECIAL ACT 21-22
- **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/134639b1-8aca-4233-8ce3-b2cfcc0bc84d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).