---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT ACCELERATING THE STATE HIRING PROCESS."
description: "AN ACT ACCELERATING THE STATE HIRING PROCESS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 984"
citation: "Connecticut SB 984 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Services", "Department of", "Governor's bills", "State employee examinations", "State employees", "Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bumgardner, Aundre", "Wilson, Derell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/493679c3-34da-4f60-8162-80fa72ad4461"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "9e6af19246d859af8da4583f6e7c22f58d278f2be2fc7ccdaf3e07a6c53d9582"
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 984 (2023) — AN ACT ACCELERATING THE STATE HIRING PROCESS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 495** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023SB-00984-R000495-FC.PDF)
2. **Governor's Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-00984-R00-SB.PDF)
3. **LAB Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-00984-R01-SB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 23-194** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00194-R00SB-00984-PA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Bumgardner, Aundre — primary (person)
- Wilson, Derell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Labor and Public Employees `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** PUBLIC HEARING 0302
- **2023-03-23** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-04-03** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/11/23 `referral`
- **2023-04-11** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-04-11** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 278
- **2023-04-11** FILE NO. 495
- **2023-05-23** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-23** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-05-24** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 582
- **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
- **2023-06-21** PUBLIC ACT 23-194
- **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/493679c3-34da-4f60-8162-80fa72ad4461`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).