--- type: "Bill" title: "AN ACT CONCERNING LIABILITY FOR FALSE AND FRAUDULENT CLAIMS." description: "AN ACT CONCERNING LIABILITY FOR FALSE AND FRAUDULENT CLAIMS." jurisdiction: "us/states/ct" legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly" session: "2023" identifier: "HB 6826" citation: "Connecticut HB 6826 (2023)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["False pretenses", "Fraud", "State agencies"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Blumenthal, Matt"] version_count: 6 action_count: 27 vote_count: 0 first_action: "2023-03-01" last_action: "2023-06-26" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37b501d8-fb68-4f75-a2a6-b6ee77cf1309" source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv" source_hash: "f64deaccfe66ae3975ec4edf38ad2ffc237e1d1f4d0ba657f3ddfe74a851c353" 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 6826 (2023) — AN ACT CONCERNING LIABILITY FOR FALSE AND FRAUDULENT CLAIMS. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **APP Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06826-R02-HB.PDF) 2. **File No. 283** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-06826-R000283-FC.PDF) 3. **File No. 765** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-06826-R000765-FC.PDF) 4. **GAE Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06826-R01-HB.PDF) 5. **Public Act No. 23-129** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00129-R00HB-06826-PA.PDF) 6. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06826-R00-HB.PDF) ## Sponsors - Blumenthal, Matt — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-03-01** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections `referral-committee` - **2023-03-02** PUBLIC HEARING 0306 - **2023-03-15** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-03-16** 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 192 - **2023-03-28** FILE NO. 283 - **2023-04-25** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Appropriations - **2023-05-01** 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 Appropriations - **2023-05-02** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2` - **2023-05-09** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage` - **2023-05-09** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage` - **2023-05-11** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2` - **2023-05-11** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 484 - **2023-05-11** FILE NO. 765 - **2023-06-06** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage` - **2023-06-06** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage` - **2023-06-06** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE - **2023-06-15** PUBLIC ACT 23-129 - **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/37b501d8-fb68-4f75-a2a6-b6ee77cf1309`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).