---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO THE CONNECTICUT UNIFORM TRUST CODE, RULE AGAINST PERPETUITIES, CONNECTICUT UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT, CONNECTICUT BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT AND CONNECTICUT REVISED NONSTOCK CORPORATION ACT."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO THE CONNECTICUT UNIFORM TRUST CODE, RULE AGAINST PERPETUITIES, CONNECTICUT UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT, CONNECTICUT BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT AND CONNECTICUT REVISED NONSTOCK CORPORATION ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 986"
citation: "Connecticut SB 986 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Connecticut Business Corporation Act", "Connecticut Uniform Trust Code", "Conveyances", "Meetings", "Nonstock corporations", "Trusts and trustees", "Uniform Power of Attorney Act"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gucker, Kenneth M", "Stafstrom, Steven J."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-04"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/484d2ff8-24a7-49db-961f-d2ddc3cfa87b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "d51707e2d27739f4c3ce06ee321936c1d5b484a0b495755f238522c60a59327a"
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 986 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO THE CONNECTICUT UNIFORM TRUST CODE, RULE AGAINST PERPETUITIES, CONNECTICUT UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT, CONNECTICUT BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT AND CONNECTICUT REVISED NONSTOCK CORPORATION ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 490** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021SB-00986-R000490-FC.PDF)
2. **JUD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00986-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 21-39** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00039-R00SB-00986-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00986-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Stafstrom, Steven J. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-04** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** PUBLIC HEARING 0312
- **2021-03-29** Joint Favorable Substitute `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 293
- **2021-04-15** FILE NO. 490
- **2021-05-19** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-05-19** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2021-05-21** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-05-21** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 536
- **2021-06-02** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-02** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-07** PUBLIC ACT 21-39
- **2021-06-08** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-08** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-06-14** 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/484d2ff8-24a7-49db-961f-d2ddc3cfa87b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).