---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE REGULATION OF LIVESTOCK."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE REGULATION OF LIVESTOCK."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6726"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6726 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Department of", "Animal diseases", "Animal importers", "Animals", "Fines (Penalties)", "Food", "Livestock", "Milk and milk products", "Misdemeanors", "Notices", "State Veterinarian", "Tuberculosis", "Veterinarians"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ferraro, Charles J.", "Meskers, Stephen R", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Veach, Donna", "Yaccarino, Dave W."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eda6150d-2515-4fac-9a39-39aa51a4c67c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "2fc0031ccef84bc847eefc77dba8542bb7768ff7b1c47839f8b869a1f912b4af"
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 6726 (2023) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE REGULATION OF LIVESTOCK.

## 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-06726-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 274** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-06726-R000274-FC.PDF)
3. **JUD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06726-R02-HB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 23-187** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00187-R00HB-06726-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06726-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Ferraro, Charles J. — primary (person)
- Meskers, Stephen R — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Veach, Donna — primary (person)
- Yaccarino, Dave W. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** PUBLIC HEARING 0227
- **2023-03-10** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-03-21** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/27/23 `referral`
- **2023-03-28** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-03-28** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-03-28** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 183
- **2023-03-28** FILE NO. 274
- **2023-04-12** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Judiciary
- **2023-04-19** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-04-20** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-04-20** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Judiciary
- **2023-04-20** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-06-02** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-02** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-02** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2023-06-02** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-02** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 596
- **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
- **2023-06-21** PUBLIC ACT 23-187
- **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/eda6150d-2515-4fac-9a39-39aa51a4c67c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).