---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING CONNECTICUT'S SHELLFISH RESTORATION PROGRAM, THE CONNECTICUT SEAFOOD COUNCIL AND THE TAXATION OF CERTAIN UNDERWATER FARMLANDS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING CONNECTICUT'S SHELLFISH RESTORATION PROGRAM, THE CONNECTICUT SEAFOOD COUNCIL AND THE TAXATION OF CERTAIN UNDERWATER FARMLANDS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 840"
citation: "Connecticut SB 840 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Connecticut Seafood Advisory Council", "Shellfish", "State funds"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Borer, Dorinda", "Dillon, Patricia A.", "France, Mike", "Garibay, Jane M.", "Gresko, Joseph P.", "Howard, Greg S.", "Kennedy, Kathy", "Nolan, Anthony L.", "Osten, Catherine A.", "Palm, Christine", "Parker, John-michael", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Simms, Travis", "Somers, Heather S.", "Stallworth, Charlie L.", "Veach, Donna", "Young, Philip L."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aaf4c45b-dd94-46e8-885d-eb288c6f5222"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "849950c647b1a739397d49e3428cb8f94b5c302320fff2f2199236e0f37f5a57"
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 840 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING CONNECTICUT'S SHELLFISH RESTORATION PROGRAM, THE CONNECTICUT SEAFOOD COUNCIL AND THE TAXATION OF CERTAIN UNDERWATER FARMLANDS.

## Version chain

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

1. **ENV Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00840-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **File No. 144** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021SB-00840-R000144-FC.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 21-24** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00024-R00SB-00840-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00840-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Borer, Dorinda — primary (person)
- Dillon, Patricia A. — primary (person)
- France, Mike — primary (person)
- Garibay, Jane M. — primary (person)
- Gresko, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Howard, Greg S. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Kathy — primary (person)
- Nolan, Anthony L. — primary (person)
- Osten, Catherine A. — primary (person)
- Palm, Christine — primary (person)
- Parker, John-michael — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Simms, Travis — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)
- Stallworth, Charlie L. — primary (person)
- Veach, Donna — primary (person)
- Young, Philip L. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-03-19** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/24/21
- **2021-03-25** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-03-25** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-03-25** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 138
- **2021-03-25** FILE NO. 144
- **2021-04-28** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-04-28** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-04-29** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-04-29** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 440
- **2021-05-25** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-05-25** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-05-25** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-01** PUBLIC ACT 21-24
- **2021-06-02** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-02** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-06-07** 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/aaf4c45b-dd94-46e8-885d-eb288c6f5222`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).