---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE OFFICE OF THE CLAIMS COMMISSIONER."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE OFFICE OF THE CLAIMS COMMISSIONER."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6876"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6876 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Claims Commission", "Claims against the state", "Fees", "Magistrates", "Term of office"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berthel, Eric C.", "Delany, Hubert D.", "Kissel, John A.", "Stafstrom, Steven J."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-08"
last_action: "2023-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e88e6468-b7b7-47ea-9782-39f0e030e261"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "8ae156ea39730be4785d807524d4e088da5b3c73df7252d3ec724812578fb3b0"
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 6876 (2023) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE OFFICE OF THE CLAIMS COMMISSIONER.

## 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-06876-R02-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 653** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-06876-R000653-FC.PDF)
3. **File No. 852** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-06876-R000852-FC.PDF)
4. **JUD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06876-R01-HB.PDF)
5. **Public Act No. 23-131** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00131-R00HB-06876-PA.PDF)
6. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06876-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Berthel, Eric C. — primary (person)
- Delany, Hubert D. — primary (person)
- Kissel, John A. — primary (person)
- Stafstrom, Steven J. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-08** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** PUBLIC HEARING 0317
- **2023-03-31** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-04-11** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/17/23 `referral`
- **2023-04-18** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-04-18** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 421
- **2023-04-18** FILE NO. 653
- **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`
- **2023-05-31** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-31** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-02** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-02** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 584
- **2023-06-02** FILE NO. 852
- **2023-06-06** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-06** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-06** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-15** PUBLIC ACT 23-131
- **2023-06-22** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-22** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-27** 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/e88e6468-b7b7-47ea-9782-39f0e030e261`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).