---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING COTTAGE FOOD OPERATIONS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING COTTAGE FOOD OPERATIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 187"
citation: "Connecticut SB 187 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Food", "Small businesses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Carney, Devin R.", "Delnicki, Tom", "Gibson, Bobby G.", "Goupil, Christine", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Haines, Irene M.", "Kissel, John A.", "Klarides-ditria, Nicole", "Lanoue, Brian", "Mcgorty, Ben", "Pavalock-d'amato, Cara Christine", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Somers, Heather S.", "Winfield, Gary A.", "Winkler, Michael A.", "Witkos, Kevin D.", "Young, Philip L.", "Zawistowski, Tami", "Zullo, Joseph H."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-24"
last_action: "2022-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fcacaa6-df66-4af0-9cda-34c5df853e48"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "91d24f7d6161a68142582eac2e4195987d5bdf62da67eca659da007f62e4d8e4"
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 187 (2022) — AN ACT CONCERNING COTTAGE FOOD OPERATIONS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 156** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/FC/PDF/2022SB-00187-R000156-FC.PDF)
2. **GL Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/S/PDF/2022SB-00187-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 22-8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/ACT/PA/PDF/2022PA-00008-R00SB-00187-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/S/PDF/2022SB-00187-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Carney, Devin R. — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Gibson, Bobby G. — primary (person)
- Goupil, Christine — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Haines, Irene M. — primary (person)
- Kissel, John A. — primary (person)
- Klarides-ditria, Nicole — primary (person)
- Lanoue, Brian — primary (person)
- Mcgorty, Ben — primary (person)
- Pavalock-d'amato, Cara Christine — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)
- Winfield, Gary A. — primary (person)
- Winkler, Michael A. — primary (person)
- Witkos, Kevin D. — primary (person)
- Young, Philip L. — primary (person)
- Zawistowski, Tami — primary (person)
- Zullo, Joseph H. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-24** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON General Law `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** PUBLIC HEARING 0301
- **2022-03-15** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2022-03-23** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/28/22 `referral`
- **2022-03-29** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2022-03-29** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-29** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 145
- **2022-03-29** FILE NO. 156
- **2022-04-19** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2022-04-19** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2022-04-21** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2022-04-21** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 423
- **2022-04-28** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2022-04-28** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2022-05-04** PUBLIC ACT 22-8
- **2022-05-05** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2022-05-05** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-10** 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/2fcacaa6-df66-4af0-9cda-34c5df853e48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).