---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING RETRIEVAL BY TOWN CLERKS OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS IN DROP BOXES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING RETRIEVAL BY TOWN CLERKS OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS IN DROP BOXES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6870"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6870 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Absentee ballots", "Town clerks"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blumenthal, Matt"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-03"
last_action: "2023-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c35d637-3389-4b65-abc5-103741097a36"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "679557adb1eb62e5518f422ee48fe77e96488e733174317000d41275e240ed04"
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 6870 (2023) — AN ACT CONCERNING RETRIEVAL BY TOWN CLERKS OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS IN DROP BOXES.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 417** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-06870-R000417-FC.PDF)
2. **GAE Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06870-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 23-158** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00158-R00HB-06870-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06870-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Blumenthal, Matt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-03** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** PUBLIC HEARING 0310
- **2023-03-22** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-03-28** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/03/23 `referral`
- **2023-04-04** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-04-04** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-04-04** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 280
- **2023-04-04** FILE NO. 417
- **2023-05-03** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2023-05-05** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-05-05** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 448
- **2023-06-07** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2023-06-07** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-15** PUBLIC ACT 23-158
- **2023-06-22** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-22** 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/0c35d637-3389-4b65-abc5-103741097a36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).