---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE IMPACT OF UNCLAIMED OR ABANDONED REAL PROPERTY ON MUNICIPALITIES."
description: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE IMPACT OF UNCLAIMED OR ABANDONED REAL PROPERTY ON MUNICIPALITIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6651"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6651 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abandoned property", "Municipalities", "Policy and Management", "Office of", "Reports", "Studies", "Task forces"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackert, Tim", "Delany, Hubert D.", "Delnicki, Tom", "Hwang, Tony"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1e47e31-8051-4685-ac3b-ed7d6d942af7"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "f45dbe1dfaf14273c602ef3b34e4605f4d0cdda55a59887215b985558d82f1b2"
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 6651 (2023) — AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE IMPACT OF UNCLAIMED OR ABANDONED REAL PROPERTY ON MUNICIPALITIES.

## Version chain

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

1. **APP Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06651-R02-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 136** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-06651-R000136-FC.PDF)
3. **File No. 844** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-06651-R000844-FC.PDF)
4. **PD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06651-R01-HB.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06651-R00-HB.PDF)
6. **Special Act No. 23-10** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/SA/PDF/2023SA-00010-R00HB-06651-SA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Ackert, Tim — primary (person)
- Delany, Hubert D. — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Hwang, Tony — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Planning and Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** PUBLIC HEARING 0215
- **2023-03-08** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-03-14** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/20/23 `referral`
- **2023-03-21** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-03-21** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 108
- **2023-03-21** FILE NO. 136
- **2023-04-25** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Appropriations
- **2023-05-01** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-05-02** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-05-02** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations
- **2023-05-02** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-05-30** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-30** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-05-31** FILE NO. 844
- **2023-06-01** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-01** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 573
- **2023-06-05** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-05** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-05** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-12** SPECIAL ACT 23-10
- **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/b1e47e31-8051-4685-ac3b-ed7d6d942af7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).