---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING CLIMATE RESILIENCY FUNDS AND PROJECTS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING CLIMATE RESILIENCY FUNDS AND PROJECTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6479"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6479 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Climate change", "Coastal management", "Energy and Environmental Protection", "Department of", "Federal aid", "Investments by municipalities", "Reports", "State trust funds"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Bumgardner, Aundre", "Candelaria, Juan R.", "Cohen, Christine", "Comey, Robin E.", "Delnicki, Tom", "Hwang, Tony", "Kelly, Kevin C.", "Kennedy, Kathy", "Michel, David", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Smith, Frank"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7bd67c8c-77ee-4331-898b-64d314f18fd9"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "92edfab8c8f1a573c3b7f7493dc13d198dd58625bada9c85fbbd5755094de86e"
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 HB 6479 (2023) — AN ACT CONCERNING CLIMATE RESILIENCY FUNDS AND PROJECTS.

## 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/H/PDF/2023HB-06479-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 154** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-06479-R000154-FC.PDF)
3. **File No. 722** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-06479-R000722-FC.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 23-140** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00140-R00HB-06479-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06479-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Bumgardner, Aundre — primary (person)
- Candelaria, Juan R. — primary (person)
- Cohen, Christine — primary (person)
- Comey, Robin E. — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Hwang, Tony — primary (person)
- Kelly, Kevin C. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Kathy — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Smith, Frank — 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`
- **2023-03-06** 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., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 120
- **2023-03-22** FILE NO. 154
- **2023-05-03** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-03** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-05-05** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-05-05** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 442
- **2023-05-05** FILE NO. 722
- **2023-06-07** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-07** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-07** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-15** PUBLIC ACT 23-140
- **2023-06-22** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-22** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-27** 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/7bd67c8c-77ee-4331-898b-64d314f18fd9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).