---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT IMPROVING THE SAFETY OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND PATIENTS."
description: "AN ACT IMPROVING THE SAFETY OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND PATIENTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6741"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6741 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Grants by the state", "Health care providers", "Hospital personnel", "Hospitals", "Policy and Management", "Office of", "Public Health", "Department of", "Security measures", "State regulations", "specific"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berthel, Eric C.", "Cicarella, Paul", "Delany, Hubert D.", "Farrar, Kate", "Kelly, Kevin C.", "Kennedy, Kathy", "Kissel, John A.", "Martin, Henri", "Michel, David", "Parker, John-michael", "Pavalock-d'amato, Cara Christine", "Sampson, Rob", "Somers, Heather S.", "Welander, Mary"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-22"
last_action: "2023-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a88021d0-c2d8-4bb8-8ee2-2a86f92a8d9e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "2ac7d64232c62f8eecd6d578b202c906b210e3cc32d182bdd3a5606707fc3fa7"
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 HB 6741 (2023) — AN ACT IMPROVING THE SAFETY OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND PATIENTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **APP Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06741-R02-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 312** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-06741-R000312-FC.PDF)
3. **PH Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06741-R01-HB.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06741-R00-HB.PDF)
5. **Special Act No. 23-29** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/SA/PDF/2023SA-00029-R00HB-06741-SA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Berthel, Eric C. — primary (person)
- Cicarella, Paul — primary (person)
- Delany, Hubert D. — primary (person)
- Farrar, Kate — primary (person)
- Kelly, Kevin C. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Kathy — primary (person)
- Kissel, John A. — primary (person)
- Martin, Henri — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Parker, John-michael — primary (person)
- Pavalock-d'amato, Cara Christine — primary (person)
- Sampson, Rob — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)
- Welander, Mary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-22** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** PUBLIC HEARING 0313
- **2023-03-20** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-03-23** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/28/23 `referral`
- **2023-03-29** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-03-29** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-03-29** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 210
- **2023-03-29** FILE NO. 312
- **2023-04-25** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Appropriations
- **2023-05-01** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-05-02** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-05-02** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations
- **2023-05-02** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-06-06** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-06** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-06** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2023-06-06** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-06** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 619
- **2023-06-07** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-07** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-07** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-21** SPECIAL ACT 23-29
- **2023-06-22** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-22** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-29** 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/a88021d0-c2d8-4bb8-8ee2-2a86f92a8d9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).