---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING CHANGES TO VARIOUS PHARMACY STATUTES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING CHANGES TO VARIOUS PHARMACY STATUTES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 895"
citation: "Connecticut SB 895 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Protection Department", "Diabetes", "Drug abuse treatment", "Drugs", "Electronic medical records", "Needles and syringes", "Nursing homes", "Pharmacies", "State regulations", "specific", "Veterinarians"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckbee, Bill", "Cook, Michelle L.", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Hall, Carol", "Petit, William A."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-17"
last_action: "2021-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66f37271-9654-4b0b-ac25-cca5718b0f91"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "dfc19178ba39de2ff71bc54e45dd731273977cfb96091cbc3acafae4f7b340da"
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 895 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING CHANGES TO VARIOUS PHARMACY STATUTES.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 361** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021SB-00895-R000361-FC.PDF)
2. **GL Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00895-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 21-192** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00192-R00SB-00895-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00895-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Buckbee, Bill — primary (person)
- Cook, Michelle L. — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Hall, Carol — primary (person)
- Petit, William A. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-17** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON General Law `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-19** PUBLIC HEARING 0225
- **2021-03-23** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-04-01** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/07/21
- **2021-04-08** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-04-08** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-04-08** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 223
- **2021-04-08** FILE NO. 361
- **2021-05-12** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-05-12** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-05-14** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-05-14** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 495
- **2021-06-09** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-09** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-09** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-28** PUBLIC ACT 21-192
- **2021-06-30** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-30** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-07-13** 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/66f37271-9654-4b0b-ac25-cca5718b0f91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).