---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING PROBATE COURT OPERATIONS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING PROBATE COURT OPERATIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 959"
citation: "Connecticut SB 959 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appeal and review", "Court records", "Probate Court", "Probate Court fees and costs", "Quarantine"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gucker, Kenneth M", "Simms, Travis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a714ab8d-19b0-43dc-8f0b-7e8d0797e22a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "764b299aed7b80e0e23c13bc182146d2861d029cdfbae8c6d50b71808709e196"
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 959 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING PROBATE COURT OPERATIONS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 488** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021SB-00959-R000488-FC.PDF)
2. **JUD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00959-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 21-100** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00100-R00SB-00959-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00959-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Simms, Travis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-26** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** PUBLIC HEARING 0315
- **2021-03-29** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-04-09** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/14/21
- **2021-04-15** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-04-15** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-04-15** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 292
- **2021-04-15** FILE NO. 488
- **2021-04-28** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-29** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-04-29** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 446
- **2021-06-05** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-05** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-16** PUBLIC ACT 21-100
- **2021-06-18** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-18** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-06-28** 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/a714ab8d-19b0-43dc-8f0b-7e8d0797e22a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).