---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN BORROWERS' BILL OF RIGHTS ACT OF 2019."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN BORROWERS' BILL OF RIGHTS ACT OF 2019."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 716"
citation: "Connecticut SB 716 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Student loans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Doucette, Jason", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Lesser, Matthew L.", "Santiago, Hilda E."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb61b784-9fd2-4a9b-8b7d-6a3868187e82"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "8689697976ad0292cfc239f3314a906ea418b4c0ef366c90f78a100cf62d0d09"
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 716 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN BORROWERS' BILL OF RIGHTS ACT OF 2019.

## 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-00716-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **File No. 279** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021SB-00716-R000279-FC.PDF)
3. **HED Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00716-R02-SB.PDF)
4. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00716-R00-SB.PDF)
5. **Public Act No. 21-190** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00190-R00SB-00716-PA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Doucette, Jason — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Lesser, Matthew L. — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Higher Education and Employment Advancement `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Reserved for Subject Matter Public Hearing
- **2021-02-11** PUBLIC HEARING 0218
- **2021-03-04** Vote to Draft
- **2021-03-17** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2021-03-18** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Higher Education and Employment Advancement `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 188
- **2021-04-06** FILE NO. 279
- **2021-05-26** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-05-26** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-05-26** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2021-05-28** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-05-28** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 559
- **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 21-190
- **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/bb61b784-9fd2-4a9b-8b7d-6a3868187e82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).