---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVISIONS TO THE STATUTES CONCERNING CHILDREN."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVISIONS TO THE STATUTES CONCERNING CHILDREN."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 872"
citation: "Connecticut SB 872 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child placement", "Children and Families", "Department of", "Children in custody or care of Department of Children and Families", "Councils", "Group homes for children", "Reports", "State regulations", "specific"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Delnicki, Tom", "Gucker, Kenneth M"]
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/a45112cd-2225-495b-8ab6-ca557820c056"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "a98becf6f6917949a1041ba0970972f2d31506b3785d516d5693af0649fd9ce4"
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 872 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVISIONS TO THE STATUTES CONCERNING CHILDREN.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 184** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021SB-00872-R000184-FC.PDF)
2. **KID Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00872-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 21-140** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00140-R00SB-00872-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00872-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Committee on Children `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** PUBLIC HEARING 0218
- **2021-03-11** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-03-22** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/29/21
- **2021-03-29** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-03-29** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-03-29** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 146
- **2021-03-29** FILE NO. 184
- **2021-05-19** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-05-19** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2021-05-21** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-05-21** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 528
- **2021-06-09** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-09** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-24** PUBLIC ACT 21-140
- **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/a45112cd-2225-495b-8ab6-ca557820c056`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).