---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE SAFE STORAGE AND DISPOSAL OF CERTAIN PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, ILLEGAL DRUGS AND CANNABIS AND CANNABIS PRODUCTS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE SAFE STORAGE AND DISPOSAL OF CERTAIN PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, ILLEGAL DRUGS AND CANNABIS AND CANNABIS PRODUCTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6718"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6718 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Consumer Protection Department", "Controlled substances", "Drugs", "Labeling", "Marijuana", "Mental Health and Addiction Services", "Department of", "Opioid Settlement Fund", "Pharmacists", "State regulations", "specific"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackert, Tim", "Anwar, Saud", "Berthel, Eric C.", "Delnicki, Tom", "Genga, Henry J.", "Gordon, Jeff", "Kelly, Kevin C.", "Kissel, John A.", "Sampson, Rob", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Seminara, Lisa", "Turco, Gary A."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/715aa408-a879-429a-a2cd-a740ea7d9daf"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "f6af5fdb80e7b88ddf005bc75124bfe74bfc8550119fa0bf88153acd28e6415b"
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 6718 (2023) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE SAFE STORAGE AND DISPOSAL OF CERTAIN PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, ILLEGAL DRUGS AND CANNABIS AND CANNABIS PRODUCTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 75** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-06718-R000075-FC.PDF)
2. **File No. 812** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-06718-R000812-FC.PDF)
3. **KID Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06718-R01-HB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 23-100** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00100-R00HB-06718-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06718-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Ackert, Tim — primary (person)
- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Berthel, Eric C. — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Genga, Henry J. — primary (person)
- Gordon, Jeff — primary (person)
- Kelly, Kevin C. — primary (person)
- Kissel, John A. — primary (person)
- Sampson, Rob — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Seminara, Lisa — primary (person)
- Turco, Gary A. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Committee on Children `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** PUBLIC HEARING 0221
- **2023-02-22** PUBLIC HEARING 0224
- **2023-03-02** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-03** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-03-09** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/14/23 `referral`
- **2023-03-15** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-03-15** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 72
- **2023-03-15** FILE NO. 75
- **2023-05-18** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-18** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-05-22** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 544
- **2023-05-22** FILE NO. 812
- **2023-06-02** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-02** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-02** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-02** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-02** RULES SUSPENDED,TRANS.TO HOUSE
- **2023-06-02** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE HOUSE
- **2023-06-02** POTENTIAL DISAGREEING ACTION, TABLED CAL. HO.
- **2023-06-05** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-05** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-05** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-05** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-14** PUBLIC ACT 23-100
- **2023-06-20** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-20** 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/715aa408-a879-429a-a2cd-a740ea7d9daf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).