---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE ADVISORY BOARD FOR PERSONS WHO ARE DEAF, HARD OF HEARING OR DEAFBLIND."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE ADVISORY BOARD FOR PERSONS WHO ARE DEAF, HARD OF HEARING OR DEAFBLIND."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 198"
citation: "Connecticut SB 198 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advisory bodies", "Blind and visually impaired persons", "Deaf and hearing impaired persons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cook, Michelle L.", "Delnicki, Tom", "Formica, Paul M.", "Somers, Heather S."]
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/e55a4dbf-4b71-4570-b193-50efa86d5af7"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "a61b5ced83b0c3adbaf5943e9d8677921156f812741390cd4477acde947312e3"
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 198 (2022) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE ADVISORY BOARD FOR PERSONS WHO ARE DEAF, HARD OF HEARING OR DEAFBLIND.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 139** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/FC/PDF/2022SB-00198-R000139-FC.PDF)
2. **HS Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/S/PDF/2022SB-00198-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 22-21** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/ACT/PA/PDF/2022PA-00021-R00SB-00198-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/TOB/S/PDF/2022SB-00198-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Cook, Michelle L. — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Formica, Paul M. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-24** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-04** PUBLIC HEARING 0310
- **2022-03-17** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2022-03-21** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/28/22 `referral`
- **2022-03-28** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2022-03-28** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-28** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 126
- **2022-03-28** FILE NO. 139
- **2022-04-12** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2022-04-12** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2022-04-14** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2022-04-14** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 364
- **2022-04-29** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2022-04-29** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2022-05-04** PUBLIC ACT 22-21
- **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/e55a4dbf-4b71-4570-b193-50efa86d5af7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).