---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING HEMP, THE ADULT-USE CANNABIS MARKET AND WEATHER DISASTER RELIEF."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING HEMP, THE ADULT-USE CANNABIS MARKET AND WEATHER DISASTER RELIEF."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6700"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6700 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Protection Department", "Fees", "Hemp", "Labeling", "Licenses", "Marijuana", "Packaging", "State funds", "State regulations", "specific"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["General Law Committee"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f15a225e-a4e1-4e05-97bb-9d387518de3d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "a16546dacff177a9cf675ac72597bacc25020a9bbe2d71d1adc55c79f5115c3c"
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 6700 (2023) — AN ACT CONCERNING HEMP, THE ADULT-USE CANNABIS MARKET AND WEATHER DISASTER RELIEF.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 202** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-06700-R000202-FC.PDF)
2. **GL Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06700-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 23-166** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00166-R00HB-06700-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06700-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- General Law Committee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON General Law `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** PUBLIC HEARING 0223
- **2023-03-07** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-03-17** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/22/23 `referral`
- **2023-03-23** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-03-23** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 151
- **2023-03-23** FILE NO. 202
- **2023-06-07** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-07** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-07** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A,B `passage`
- **2023-06-07** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2023-06-07** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-07** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 627
- **2023-06-07** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A,B `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-07** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A,B `passage`
- **2023-06-07** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-21** PUBLIC ACT 23-166
- **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/f15a225e-a4e1-4e05-97bb-9d387518de3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).