---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT REVISING VARIOUS GAMING STATUTES."
description: "AN ACT REVISING VARIOUS GAMING STATUTES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 971"
citation: "Connecticut SB 971 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advertising", "Animals", "Criminal history records", "Criminal law", "Fees", "Fish", "Gambling", "Gaming", "Occupational licenses", "Prizes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Delany, Hubert D.", "Gaston, Herron", "Scott, Tony J"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13cae9c4-8f85-491b-a7d9-92b385f61565"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "8eba423cc44a55873fc3d2ec6d3217d2f1b414d031459be8036c39aaf0b0ca9c"
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 971 (2023) — AN ACT REVISING VARIOUS GAMING STATUTES.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 378** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023SB-00971-R000378-FC.PDF)
2. **PS Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-00971-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 23-54** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00054-R00SB-00971-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-00971-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Delany, Hubert D. — primary (person)
- Gaston, Herron — primary (person)
- Scott, Tony J — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Safety and Security `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** PUBLIC HEARING 0214
- **2023-03-16** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-03-27** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/03/23 `referral`
- **2023-04-03** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-04-03** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 214
- **2023-04-03** FILE NO. 378
- **2023-05-17** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2023-05-17** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2023-05-19** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-05-19** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 565
- **2023-06-02** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2023-06-02** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-12** PUBLIC ACT 23-54
- **2023-06-14** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-14** 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/13cae9c4-8f85-491b-a7d9-92b385f61565`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).