---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, AN AUDIT OF THE STATE-WIDE MASTERY EXAMINATION, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CONNECTICUT CIVICS EDUCATION AND MEDIA LITERACY TASK FORCE, THE PROVISION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, AND A BILL OF RIGHTS FOR MULTILINGUAL LEARNER STUDENTS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, AN AUDIT OF THE STATE-WIDE MASTERY EXAMINATION, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CONNECTICUT CIVICS EDUCATION AND MEDIA LITERACY TASK FORCE, THE PROVISION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, AND A BILL OF RIGHTS FOR MULTILINGUAL LEARNER STUDENTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6762"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6762 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards of education", "Charter schools", "Child care subsidies", "Child day care", "Citizens and citizenship", "Distance learning", "Education Department", "Epinephrine", "Federal aid", "Gifted children", "Interpreters", "Language", "Mastery examinations", "Parent-school relationships", "Reports", "School curriculum", "School finance", "School readiness programs", "Schools", "Special education", "State Board of Education", "Studies", "Task forces", "Technical Education and Career System"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blumenthal, Matt", "Brown, Kevin", "Bumgardner, Aundre", "Currey, Jeff", "Delany, Hubert D.", "Michel, David", "Miller, Patricia Billie", "Reyes, Geraldo C."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-23"
last_action: "2023-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec4460e8-6159-409d-af1f-181ef3f8058a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "df7fcc5c4320ed5cbd2ae5ebc8d9c8d58fa58b4ea88391fa7bfdd390627a9e46"
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 6762 (2023) — AN ACT CONCERNING EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, AN AUDIT OF THE STATE-WIDE MASTERY EXAMINATION, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CONNECTICUT CIVICS EDUCATION AND MEDIA LITERACY TASK FORCE, THE PROVISION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, AND A BILL OF RIGHTS FOR MULTILINGUAL LEARNER STUDENTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **ED Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06762-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 535** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-06762-R000535-FC.PDF)
3. **File No. 859** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-06762-R000859-FC.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 23-150** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00150-R00HB-06762-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06762-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Blumenthal, Matt — primary (person)
- Brown, Kevin — primary (person)
- Bumgardner, Aundre — primary (person)
- Currey, Jeff — primary (person)
- Delany, Hubert D. — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Miller, Patricia Billie — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-23** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** PUBLIC HEARING 0301
- **2023-03-24** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-04-05** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/11/23 `referral`
- **2023-04-12** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-04-12** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 330
- **2023-04-12** FILE NO. 535
- **2023-06-01** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-01** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-failure`
- **2023-06-01** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-01** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2023-06-02** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-02** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 591
- **2023-06-02** FILE NO. 859
- **2023-06-07** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-07** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-07** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-15** PUBLIC ACT 23-150
- **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/ec4460e8-6159-409d-af1f-181ef3f8058a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).