---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE MANUFACTURE, SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF ALCOHOL-INFUSED CONFECTIONS, THE AUTHORIZATION OF SELF-POUR AUTOMATED SYSTEMS FOR CERTAIN ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR, A STUDY OF EXTENDING ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR SERVICE HOURS AND BACKERS OF GROCERY STORE BEER PERMITS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE MANUFACTURE, SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF ALCOHOL-INFUSED CONFECTIONS, THE AUTHORIZATION OF SELF-POUR AUTOMATED SYSTEMS FOR CERTAIN ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR, A STUDY OF EXTENDING ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR SERVICE HOURS AND BACKERS OF GROCERY STORE BEER PERMITS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 894"
citation: "Connecticut SB 894 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Protection Department", "Food", "Liquor", "Liquor Control Commission", "Liquor permits", "Liquor sales", "Reports", "State regulations", "specific", "Studies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Meskers, Stephen R", "Witkos, Kevin D."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-17"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efa3f1ea-bf50-4a61-84d9-a09359d50860"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "df39a5c359ba089a75205e520c9f289fca9390bbe6ea54ab00a503a4bd199568"
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 894 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE MANUFACTURE, SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF ALCOHOL-INFUSED CONFECTIONS, THE AUTHORIZATION OF SELF-POUR AUTOMATED SYSTEMS FOR CERTAIN ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR, A STUDY OF EXTENDING ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR SERVICE HOURS AND BACKERS OF GROCERY STORE BEER PERMITS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 113** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021SB-00894-R000113-FC.PDF)
2. **GL Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00894-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 21-50** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00050-R00SB-00894-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00894-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Meskers, Stephen R — primary (person)
- Witkos, Kevin D. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-17** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON General Law `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** PUBLIC HEARING 0223
- **2021-03-09** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-03-16** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/22/21
- **2021-03-23** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-03-23** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-03-23** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 122
- **2021-03-23** FILE NO. 113
- **2021-05-13** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-05-13** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-05-14** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-05-14** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 494
- **2021-06-03** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-03** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-03** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-09** PUBLIC ACT 21-50
- **2021-06-10** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-10** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-06-16** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR IN ORIGINAL `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efa3f1ea-bf50-4a61-84d9-a09359d50860`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).