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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING ACCEPTABLE FORMS OF CURRENCY AS PAYMENT IN LOCAL BUSINESSES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING ACCEPTABLE FORMS OF CURRENCY AS PAYMENT IN LOCAL BUSINESSES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5312"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5312 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Credit", "Money", "Retail trade"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckbee, Bill", "Cheeseman, Holly H.", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Kennedy, Kathy", "Klarides-ditria, Nicole", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Winkler, Michael A.", "Zawistowski, Tami"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efe4ecef-1a46-443c-b3c8-237ad5a8df3b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "54e80442e49ce0066e233aa6edfd6fca1ee3570e62f71f83b50108a280ad73c7"
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 5312 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING ACCEPTABLE FORMS OF CURRENCY AS PAYMENT IN LOCAL BUSINESSES.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **File No. 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-05312-R000005-FC.PDF)
2. **File No. 722** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-05312-R000722-FC.PDF)
3. **GL Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-05312-R01-HB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 21-60** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00060-R00HB-05312-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-05312-R00-HB.PDF)
## Sponsors
- Buckbee, Bill — primary (person)
- Cheeseman, Holly H. — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Kathy — primary (person)
- Klarides-ditria, Nicole — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Winkler, Michael A. — primary (person)
- Zawistowski, Tami — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-22** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON General Law `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** PUBLIC HEARING 0128
- **2021-02-02** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-08** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-02-19** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 02/24/21
- **2021-02-25** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-02-25** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-02-25** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 41
- **2021-02-25** FILE NO. 5
- **2021-05-24** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-05-24** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-05-26** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-05-26** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 493
- **2021-05-26** FILE NO. 722
- **2021-06-04** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-04** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-04** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-09** PUBLIC ACT 21-60
- **2021-06-10** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-10** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-06-16** 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/efe4ecef-1a46-443c-b3c8-237ad5a8df3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).