---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDRAISING BY THE FOUNDATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDRAISING BY THE FOUNDATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 996"
citation: "Connecticut SB 996 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Foundations for state agencies", "University of Connecticut"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Higher Education And Employment Advancement Committee"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-04"
last_action: "2021-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/074b6cdd-df9a-4b7c-9e76-0b740a3faaea"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "a145687e793d880da1779d9d705228e9d4f237b3bc529c5e94ddb60d876adf6e"
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 996 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDRAISING BY THE FOUNDATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 195** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021SB-00996-R000195-FC.PDF)
2. **HED Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00996-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 21-19** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00019-R00SB-00996-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00996-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Higher Education And Employment Advancement Committee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-04** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Higher Education and Employment Advancement `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** PUBLIC HEARING 0309
- **2021-03-11** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-03-22** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/29/21
- **2021-03-29** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-03-29** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-03-29** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 157
- **2021-03-29** FILE NO. 195
- **2021-05-12** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-05-14** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-05-14** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 507
- **2021-05-19** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-05-19** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-05-25** PUBLIC ACT 21-19
- **2021-05-26** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-05-26** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-05-26** 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/074b6cdd-df9a-4b7c-9e76-0b740a3faaea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).