---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO ADDRESS CONCERNS REGARDING THE UPKEEP OF VETERANS' GRAVES."
description: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO ADDRESS CONCERNS REGARDING THE UPKEEP OF VETERANS' GRAVES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 642"
citation: "Connecticut SB 642 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Apprentices", "Cemeteries and cemetery associations", "Occupational licenses", "Reports", "Subsurface sewage disposal systems", "United States Armed Forces", "Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cicarella, Paul", "Comey, Robin E.", "Delany, Hubert D.", "Foncello, Martin", "Foster, Jaime S.", "Needleman, Norman", "Nolan, Anthony L.", "Poulos, Christopher", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Rutigliano, David", "Veach, Donna", "Wood, Kerry S."]
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/f7368423-33e4-4348-98b3-70c29cfa4632"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "ad8850ce3777935e4320eb4aa240acc29c41cb0e63893c04bc56c42bcd104314"
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 642 (2023) — AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO ADDRESS CONCERNS REGARDING THE UPKEEP OF VETERANS' GRAVES.

## 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-00642-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **File No. 216** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023SB-00642-R000216-FC.PDF)
3. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-00642-R00-SB.PDF)
4. **Special Act No. 23-25** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/SA/PDF/2023SA-00025-R00SB-00642-SA.PDF)
5. **VA Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-00642-R02-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Cicarella, Paul — primary (person)
- Comey, Robin E. — primary (person)
- Delany, Hubert D. — primary (person)
- Foncello, Martin — primary (person)
- Foster, Jaime S. — primary (person)
- Needleman, Norman — primary (person)
- Nolan, Anthony L. — primary (person)
- Poulos, Christopher — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Rutigliano, David — primary (person)
- Veach, Donna — primary (person)
- Wood, Kerry S. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Veterans' and Military Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Vote to Draft
- **2023-02-22** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2023-02-23** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Veterans' and Military Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** PUBLIC HEARING 0228
- **2023-03-07** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-03-20** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/27/23 `referral`
- **2023-03-27** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-03-27** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 145
- **2023-03-27** FILE NO. 216
- **2023-05-09** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2023-05-09** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2023-05-10** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-05-10** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 508
- **2023-06-07** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2023-06-07** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-21** SPECIAL ACT 23-25
- **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/f7368423-33e4-4348-98b3-70c29cfa4632`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).