---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION."
description: "AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 945"
citation: "Connecticut SB 945 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bilingual education", "Civil actions", "Criminal history records", "Education Department", "Special education", "Teacher certification", "Technical Education and Career System"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gucker, Kenneth M", "Mccarty, Kathleen M.", "Veach, Donna"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a4de89f-389c-476f-85b1-b7fee104bc0f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "9c947feae98515e41857e4d3994bcedd0b8b99307559842381b4d0d4d3c2be61"
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 945 (2021) — AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **ED Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00945-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **File No. 290** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021SB-00945-R000290-FC.PDF)
3. **JUD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00945-R02-SB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 21-144** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00144-R00SB-00945-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00945-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Mccarty, Kathleen M. — primary (person)
- Veach, Donna — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-25** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** PUBLIC HEARING 0303
- **2021-03-15** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** 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 181
- **2021-04-06** FILE NO. 290
- **2021-04-28** REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-04** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-05-04** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-05-04** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-05-26** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-05-26** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2021-05-28** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-05-28** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 563
- **2021-06-09** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-09** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-24** PUBLIC ACT 21-144
- **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/5a4de89f-389c-476f-85b1-b7fee104bc0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).