---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT REQUIRING DRIVERS OF PARATRANSIT VEHICLES TO REPORT SUSPECTED ABUSE, NEGLECT, EXPLOITATION OR ABANDONMENT OF ELDERLY PERSONS."
description: "AN ACT REQUIRING DRIVERS OF PARATRANSIT VEHICLES TO REPORT SUSPECTED ABUSE, NEGLECT, EXPLOITATION OR ABANDONMENT OF ELDERLY PERSONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 763"
citation: "Connecticut SB 763 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes against the elderly", "Elderly persons abuse and neglect reports of cases", "Transportation and the elderly"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Berthel, Eric C.", "Cicarella, Paul", "Digiovancarlo, Michael", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Kissel, John A.", "Linehan, Liz", "Michel, David", "Miner, Craig", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Smith, Brian T.", "Somers, Heather S."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38db984b-4991-4cf2-af28-89eaa719dfba"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "a014b2500b84c867bbaaf546483a546b7c17497d23104f0fb3792a7ce88624cd"
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 763 (2021) — AN ACT REQUIRING DRIVERS OF PARATRANSIT VEHICLES TO REPORT SUSPECTED ABUSE, NEGLECT, EXPLOITATION OR ABANDONMENT OF ELDERLY PERSONS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 36** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021SB-00763-R000036-FC.PDF)
2. **HS Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00763-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **JUD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00763-R02-SB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 21-122** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00122-R00SB-00763-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00763-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Berthel, Eric C. — primary (person)
- Cicarella, Paul — primary (person)
- Digiovancarlo, Michael — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Kissel, John A. — primary (person)
- Linehan, Liz — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Miner, Craig — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Smith, Brian T. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** PUBLIC HEARING 0216
- **2021-02-23** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-03-03** 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 59
- **2021-03-09** FILE NO. 36
- **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** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-02** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2021-06-03** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-06-03** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 582
- **2021-06-07** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-07** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-23** PUBLIC ACT 21-122
- **2021-06-24** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-24** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-07-06** 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/38db984b-4991-4cf2-af28-89eaa719dfba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).