---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY ISSUES RELATING TO THE REPEAL OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE PROPERTY TAX."
description: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY ISSUES RELATING TO THE REPEAL OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE PROPERTY TAX."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 497"
citation: "Connecticut SB 497 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fees", "Insurance companies", "Insurance premium tax", "Landlord and tenant", "Licenses", "Municipal finance", "Property tax on motor vehicles", "Reports", "Revenue Services", "Department of", "State funds", "State grants to municipalities", "Studies", "Task forces"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berthel, Eric C.", "Cicarella, Paul", "Gaston, Herron", "Kelly, Kevin C.", "Kissel, John A.", "Moore, Marilyn V.", "Rahman, Md", "Sampson, Rob", "Sanchez, Robert", "Seminara, Lisa"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b19ac3ae-a8d1-47d9-934a-9f61db3be79e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "050398f19a439092ed903d1a6d4bd4a1a02d141c82b1439499ad0c1cb28f4b22"
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 497 (2023) — AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY ISSUES RELATING TO THE REPEAL OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE PROPERTY TAX.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-00497-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **File No. 422** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023SB-00497-R000422-FC.PDF)
3. **PD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-00497-R02-SB.PDF)
4. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-00497-R00-SB.PDF)
5. **Special Act No. 23-24** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/SA/PDF/2023SA-00024-R00SB-00497-SA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Berthel, Eric C. — primary (person)
- Cicarella, Paul — primary (person)
- Gaston, Herron — primary (person)
- Kelly, Kevin C. — primary (person)
- Kissel, John A. — primary (person)
- Moore, Marilyn V. — primary (person)
- Rahman, Md — primary (person)
- Sampson, Rob — primary (person)
- Sanchez, Robert — primary (person)
- Seminara, Lisa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Planning and Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Reserved for Subject Matter Public Hearing
- **2023-02-10** PUBLIC HEARING 0215
- **2023-03-10** Vote to Draft
- **2023-03-14** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2023-03-15** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Planning and Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-03-29** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/03/23 `referral`
- **2023-04-04** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-04-04** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-04** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 235
- **2023-04-04** FILE NO. 422
- **2023-05-11** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2023-05-12** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-05-12** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 520
- **2023-06-07** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2023-06-07** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-21** SPECIAL ACT 23-24
- **2023-06-22** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-22** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-28** 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/b19ac3ae-a8d1-47d9-934a-9f61db3be79e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).