---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO THE VESSEL REGISTRATION AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES FEE."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO THE VESSEL REGISTRATION AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES FEE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6811"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6811 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boat registration", "Fees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ferraro, Charles J."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-28"
last_action: "2023-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a8bd80f-22ea-457a-9e1e-3bbe27940d82"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "f4a3ca34dfdcc2732e764158b5234e793bd2f9d96ed226e7a30279cdd7491047"
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 6811 (2023) — AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO THE VESSEL REGISTRATION AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES FEE.

## 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-06811-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 486** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-06811-R000486-FC.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 23-154** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00154-R00HB-06811-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06811-R00-HB.PDF)
5. **TRA Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06811-R02-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Ferraro, Charles J. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-28** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** PUBLIC HEARING 0310
- **2023-03-24** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-04-03** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/11/23 `referral`
- **2023-04-11** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-04-11** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 313
- **2023-04-11** FILE NO. 486
- **2023-04-25** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Transportation
- **2023-05-02** 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 Transportation
- **2023-05-02** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-06-02** HOUSE PASSED `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 598
- **2023-06-07** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2023-06-07** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-15** PUBLIC ACT 23-154
- **2023-06-22** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-22** 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/0a8bd80f-22ea-457a-9e1e-3bbe27940d82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).