---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONNECTICUT INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONNECTICUT INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1204"
citation: "Connecticut SB 1204 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adoption", "Child placement", "Child welfare", "Children and Families", "Department of", "Custody of children", "Family relations matters", "Foster care", "Native Americans", "Parental notification", "Parental rights"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blumenthal, Matt", "Bumgardner, Aundre", "Lesser, Matthew L.", "Nuccio, Tammy"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-09"
last_action: "2023-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/156bbf98-99a5-4514-800e-2624a9699e12"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "bf04941e7869bd78d0ee8a61bb0c3745d74fc3f18d21f70fe0a4f40df6c52e5a"
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 1204 (2023) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONNECTICUT INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 571** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023SB-01204-R000571-FC.PDF)
2. **HS Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-01204-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 23-113** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00113-R00SB-01204-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-01204-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Blumenthal, Matt — primary (person)
- Bumgardner, Aundre — primary (person)
- Lesser, Matthew L. — primary (person)
- Nuccio, Tammy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-09** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10** PUBLIC HEARING 0316
- **2023-03-28** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-04-06** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/12/23 `referral`
- **2023-04-13** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-04-13** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 343
- **2023-04-13** FILE NO. 571
- **2023-05-25** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2023-05-25** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2023-05-25** RULES SUSPENDED,TRANS.TO HOUSE
- **2023-05-26** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-05-26** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 612
- **2023-06-06** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2023-06-06** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-14** PUBLIC ACT 23-113
- **2023-06-20** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-20** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-26** 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/156bbf98-99a5-4514-800e-2624a9699e12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).