---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING TREE REMOVAL ON PROPERTIES UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING TREE REMOVAL ON PROPERTIES UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 896"
citation: "Connecticut SB 896 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Arborists and arboriculture", "Camps and camping facilities", "Energy and Environmental Protection", "Department of", "Environmental justice", "Reports", "State forests", "State parks", "Trees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berthel, Eric C.", "Garibay, Jane M.", "Gordon, Jeff", "Kissel, John A.", "Michel, David", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Sampson, Rob"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/443164df-64f9-4159-85db-f61081270c59"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "c9a83fc78cce9be203e8fb8310c4671492ba2535d52f5be4b5d38052d4e6ec79"
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 896 (2023) — AN ACT CONCERNING TREE REMOVAL ON PROPERTIES UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

## Version chain

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

1. **ENV Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-00896-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **File No. 173** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023SB-00896-R000173-FC.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 23-206** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00206-R00SB-00896-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-00896-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Berthel, Eric C. — primary (person)
- Garibay, Jane M. — primary (person)
- Gordon, Jeff — primary (person)
- Kissel, John A. — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Sampson, Rob — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** PUBLIC HEARING 0130
- **2023-03-03** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-03-16** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/21/23 `referral`
- **2023-03-22** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-03-22** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 118
- **2023-03-22** FILE NO. 173
- **2023-05-23** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-23** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-05-23** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2023-05-24** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 580
- **2023-06-07** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-07** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-07** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-27** PUBLIC ACT 23-206
- **2023-06-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-28** 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/443164df-64f9-4159-85db-f61081270c59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).