---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING ACCESS TO CERTAIN PUBLIC EMPLOYEES BY THE EXCLUSIVE BARGAINING REPRESENTATIVE OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYER BARGAINING UNIT."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING ACCESS TO CERTAIN PUBLIC EMPLOYEES BY THE EXCLUSIVE BARGAINING REPRESENTATIVE OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYER BARGAINING UNIT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 908"
citation: "Connecticut SB 908 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Communications", "Labor unions", "Municipal employees", "State employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butler, Larry B.", "Candelaria, Juan R.", "Elliott, Josh", "Gibson, Bobby G.", "Hall, Joshua M.", "Kushner, Julie", "Looney, Martin M.", "Sanchez, Robert", "Santiago, Hilda E."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7e7d8c3-5345-4071-b2dc-e5f08f0c459d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "2d760405f347a31b5508ea5c15893b3f57cd4228450c741d52bd6712a81d9799"
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 908 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING ACCESS TO CERTAIN PUBLIC EMPLOYEES BY THE EXCLUSIVE BARGAINING REPRESENTATIVE OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYER BARGAINING UNIT.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 287** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021SB-00908-R000287-FC.PDF)
2. **LAB Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00908-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 21-25** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00025-R00SB-00908-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00908-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Butler, Larry B. — primary (person)
- Candelaria, Juan R. — primary (person)
- Elliott, Josh — primary (person)
- Gibson, Bobby G. — primary (person)
- Hall, Joshua M. — primary (person)
- Kushner, Julie — primary (person)
- Looney, Martin M. — primary (person)
- Sanchez, Robert — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Labor and Public Employees `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** PUBLIC HEARING 0304
- **2021-03-18** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-03-29** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/06/21
- **2021-04-06** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-04-06** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-04-06** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 195
- **2021-04-06** FILE NO. 287
- **2021-05-13** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-05-13** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. B
- **2021-05-13** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. C
- **2021-05-13** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. D
- **2021-05-13** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. E
- **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 498
- **2021-05-25** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-05-25** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-05-25** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B
- **2021-05-25** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. C
- **2021-05-25** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. D
- **2021-05-25** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-05-25** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-01** PUBLIC ACT 21-25
- **2021-06-02** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-02** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-06-04** 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/e7e7d8c3-5345-4071-b2dc-e5f08f0c459d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).