---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT INCREASING REPRESENTATION ON THE ENERGY CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT BOARD."
description: "AN ACT INCREASING REPRESENTATION ON THE ENERGY CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT BOARD."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 856"
citation: "Connecticut SB 856 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy Conservation Management Board"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gucker, Kenneth M", "Santiago, Hilda E."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/335b59eb-430c-4d61-8661-b7edda77d619"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "98dbd8d57d3a32addfba0e4aeefe12c38018357ca0e6c0ac6e243f91ee952b1b"
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 856 (2021) — AN ACT INCREASING REPRESENTATION ON THE ENERGY CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT BOARD.

## Version chain

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

1. **ET Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00856-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **File No. 79** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021SB-00856-R000079-FC.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 21-139** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00139-R00SB-00856-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00856-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Energy and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** PUBLIC HEARING 0218
- **2021-03-02** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-03-11** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/16/21
- **2021-03-17** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-03-17** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-03-17** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 80
- **2021-03-17** FILE NO. 79
- **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 584
- **2021-06-09** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-09** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-24** PUBLIC ACT 21-139
- **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/335b59eb-430c-4d61-8661-b7edda77d619`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).