---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION REGARDING PRIVATE OCCUPATIONAL SCHOOLS AND CLOSURE PLANS OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION REGARDING PRIVATE OCCUPATIONAL SCHOOLS AND CLOSURE PLANS OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 998"
citation: "Connecticut SB 998 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Colleges and universities", "Distance learning", "Private occupational schools"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gucker, Kenneth M"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-04"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bd9c729-24c4-4086-9b6e-ad3277ae9198"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "f27a1c7bb6d38803269c16cf1479f638929c922dc3878c09235572d7ba0844df"
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 998 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION REGARDING PRIVATE OCCUPATIONAL SCHOOLS AND CLOSURE PLANS OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 293** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021SB-00998-R000293-FC.PDF)
2. **HED Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00998-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 21-45** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00045-R00SB-00998-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00998-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Gucker, Kenneth M — 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
- **2021-03-18** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** 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 186
- **2021-04-06** FILE NO. 293
- **2021-05-12** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-05-12** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-05-14** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-05-14** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 508
- **2021-06-02** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-02** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-02** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-07** PUBLIC ACT 21-45
- **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/9bd9c729-24c4-4086-9b6e-ad3277ae9198`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).