republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2021/hb-6121.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6121"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6121 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic and Community Development", "Department of", "Employment of the disabled", "Reports", "Workforce development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abercrombie, Catherine F.", "Anwar, Saud", "Baker, Andre F.", "Bolinsky, Mitch", "Carpino, Christie M.", "Concepcion, Julio A.", "Digiovancarlo, Michael", "Exum, Tammy R.", "Farrar, Kate", "Felipe, Antonio", "Formica, Paul M.", "Foster, Jaime S.", "Gibson, Bobby G.", "Goupil, Christine", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Hall, Joshua M.", "Hampton, John K.", "Kavros Degraw, Eleni", "Leeper, Jennifer", "Linehan, Liz", "Mccarty, Kathleen M.", "Michel, David", "Morrin Bello, Amy", "Mushinsky, Mary M.", "Napoli, Ronald A.", "Nolan, Anthony L.", "Nuccio, Tammy", "Osten, Catherine A.", "Phipps, Quentin W.", "Porter, Robyn A.", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Rochelle, Kara", "Rosario, Christopher", "Ryan, Kevin", "Sanchez, Robert", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Simms, Travis", "Slap, Derek", "Stallworth, Charlie L.", "Steinberg, Jonathan", "Thomas, Stephanie", "Turco, Gary A.", "Zawistowski, Tami"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87c03dbe-92d0-4e3f-a149-e0d59942715a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "06cd1b950bf9f75e9d58de56729d65dd6571905de5d28d900fdda1904cf907c0"
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 6121 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.

## Version chain

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

1. **CE Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06121-R02-HB.PDF)
2. **Committee Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06121-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **File No. 224** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06121-R000224-FC.PDF)
4. **File No. 622** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06121-R000622-FC.PDF)
5. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06121-R00-HB.PDF)
6. **Special Act No. 21-10** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/SA/PDF/2021SA-00010-R00HB-06121-SA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Abercrombie, Catherine F. — primary (person)
- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Baker, Andre F. — primary (person)
- Bolinsky, Mitch — primary (person)
- Carpino, Christie M. — primary (person)
- Concepcion, Julio A. — primary (person)
- Digiovancarlo, Michael — primary (person)
- Exum, Tammy R. — primary (person)
- Farrar, Kate — primary (person)
- Felipe, Antonio — primary (person)
- Formica, Paul M. — primary (person)
- Foster, Jaime S. — primary (person)
- Gibson, Bobby G. — primary (person)
- Goupil, Christine — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Hall, Joshua M. — primary (person)
- Hampton, John K. — primary (person)
- Kavros Degraw, Eleni — primary (person)
- Leeper, Jennifer — primary (person)
- Linehan, Liz — primary (person)
- Mccarty, Kathleen M. — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Morrin Bello, Amy — primary (person)
- Mushinsky, Mary M. — primary (person)
- Napoli, Ronald A. — primary (person)
- Nolan, Anthony L. — primary (person)
- Nuccio, Tammy — primary (person)
- Osten, Catherine A. — primary (person)
- Phipps, Quentin W. — primary (person)
- Porter, Robyn A. — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Rochelle, Kara — primary (person)
- Rosario, Christopher — primary (person)
- Ryan, Kevin — primary (person)
- Sanchez, Robert — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Simms, Travis — primary (person)
- Slap, Derek — primary (person)
- Stallworth, Charlie L. — primary (person)
- Steinberg, Jonathan — primary (person)
- Thomas, Stephanie — primary (person)
- Turco, Gary A. — primary (person)
- Zawistowski, Tami — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Reserved for Subject Matter Public Hearing
- **2021-02-11** PUBLIC HEARING 0216
- **2021-03-04** Vote to Draft
- **2021-03-15** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2021-03-16** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-03-25** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/30/21
- **2021-03-31** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-03-31** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-03-31** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 185
- **2021-03-31** FILE NO. 224
- **2021-04-26** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-04-26** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-04-28** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-04-28** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 360
- **2021-04-28** FILE NO. 622
- **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** SPECIAL ACT 21-10
- **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/87c03dbe-92d0-4e3f-a149-e0d59942715a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).