---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT PROHIBITING THE IMPORT, SALE AND POSSESSION OF AFRICAN ELEPHANTS, LIONS, LEOPARDS, BLACK RHINOCEROS, WHITE RHINOCEROS AND GIRAFFES."
description: "AN ACT PROHIBITING THE IMPORT, SALE AND POSSESSION OF AFRICAN ELEPHANTS, LIONS, LEOPARDS, BLACK RHINOCEROS, WHITE RHINOCEROS AND GIRAFFES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 925"
citation: "Connecticut SB 925 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animal importers", "Felonies", "Fines (Penalties)", "Game", "Infractions", "Misdemeanors", "Sentence and punishment", "Wildlife"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Borer, Dorinda", "Dathan, Lucy", "Doucette, Jason", "Elliott, Josh", "Garibay, Jane M.", "Gilchrest, Jillian", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Haskell, Will", "Hennessy, John \"jack\" F.", "Hughes, Anne M.", "Klarides-ditria, Nicole", "Labriola, David K.", "Michel, David", "Slap, Derek", "Winkler, Michael A.", "Wood, Kerry S."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 38
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/622ae45e-9f89-4a92-b7ca-c0c5a3bed8b2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "b39c1598d7b56d12ea44f1de64245e483a51619ddc61be5e6c0683843e43d377"
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 925 (2021) — AN ACT PROHIBITING THE IMPORT, SALE AND POSSESSION OF AFRICAN ELEPHANTS, LIONS, LEOPARDS, BLACK RHINOCEROS, WHITE RHINOCEROS AND GIRAFFES.

## Version chain

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

1. **ENV Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00925-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **File No. 216** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021SB-00925-R000216-FC.PDF)
3. **File No. 637** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021SB-00925-R000637-FC.PDF)
4. **JUD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00925-R02-SB.PDF)
5. **Public Act No. 21-52** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00052-R00SB-00925-PA.PDF)
6. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00925-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Borer, Dorinda — primary (person)
- Dathan, Lucy — primary (person)
- Doucette, Jason — primary (person)
- Elliott, Josh — primary (person)
- Garibay, Jane M. — primary (person)
- Gilchrest, Jillian — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Haskell, Will — primary (person)
- Hennessy, John "jack" F. — primary (person)
- Hughes, Anne M. — primary (person)
- Klarides-ditria, Nicole — primary (person)
- Labriola, David K. — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Slap, Derek — primary (person)
- Winkler, Michael A. — primary (person)
- Wood, Kerry S. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-24** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** PUBLIC HEARING 0303
- **2021-03-12** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-15** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-03-24** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/29/21
- **2021-03-30** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-03-30** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-03-30** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 164
- **2021-03-30** FILE NO. 216
- **2021-04-28** REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-04** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-05-05** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 05/10/21
- **2021-05-07** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-05-07** NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-07** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-05-07** FILE NO. 637
- **2021-05-19** AMENDMENT WITHDRAWN, SENATE AMENDMENT SCH. A
- **2021-05-19** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. B
- **2021-05-19** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. B `passage`
- **2021-05-21** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-05-21** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 532
- **2021-06-02** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. B
- **2021-06-02** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-02** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. B `passage`
- **2021-06-02** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-02** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2021-06-03** DISAGREEING ACTION,TABLED FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-06-03** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2021-06-03** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. C
- **2021-06-03** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-03** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. B `passage`
- **2021-06-03** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-03** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-09** PUBLIC ACT 21-52
- **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 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/622ae45e-9f89-4a92-b7ca-c0c5a3bed8b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).