republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2021/hb-6417.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT REQUIRING BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF YOUTH CAMPS AND YOUTH SPORTS COACHES, TRAINERS AND INSTRUCTORS."
description: "AN ACT REQUIRING BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF YOUTH CAMPS AND YOUTH SPORTS COACHES, TRAINERS AND INSTRUCTORS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6417"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6417 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Age", "Athletic trainers", "Coaches (Athletic)", "Criminal history records", "Early Childhood", "Office of", "Fines (Penalties)", "Sports", "Youth camps"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abercrombie, Catherine F.", "Anwar, Saud", "Arora, Harry", "Berger-girvalo, Aimee", "Bolinsky, Mitch", "Borer, Dorinda", "Boyd, Patrick S.", "Buckbee, Bill", "Butler, Larry B.", "Callahan, Patrick E.", "Carney, Devin R.", "Comey, Robin E.", "Cook, Michelle L.", "Dathan, Lucy", "Delnicki, Tom", "Digiovancarlo, Michael", "Elliott, Josh", "Foster, Jaime S.", "Garibay, Jane M.", "Gibson, Bobby G.", "Horn, Maria P.", "Howard, Greg S.", "Kavros Degraw, Eleni", "Lanoue, Brian", "Michel, David", "Napoli, Ronald A.", "Nuccio, Tammy", "Parker, John-michael", "Petit, William A.", "Rebimbas, Rosa C.", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Riley, Emmett D.", "Ryan, Kevin", "Sanchez, Robert", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Smith, Brian T.", "Turco, Gary A.", "Vargas, Edwin", "Veach, Donna", "Welander, Mary", "Yaccarino, Dave W.", "Zawistowski, Tami"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3a87f3a-e743-4131-81fc-cf10411f4494"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "f8fba6442d2a399d05ffed653e42bd983f545bb5f5e862bf8a40eebe9e0b4ab9"
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 6417 (2021) — AN ACT REQUIRING BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF YOUTH CAMPS AND YOUTH SPORTS COACHES, TRAINERS AND INSTRUCTORS.

## 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/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06417-R02-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 157** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06417-R000157-FC.PDF)
3. **File No. 701** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06417-R000701-FC.PDF)
4. **KID Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06417-R01-HB.PDF)
5. **Public Act No. 21-82** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00082-R00HB-06417-PA.PDF)
6. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06417-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Abercrombie, Catherine F. — primary (person)
- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Arora, Harry — primary (person)
- Berger-girvalo, Aimee — primary (person)
- Bolinsky, Mitch — primary (person)
- Borer, Dorinda — primary (person)
- Boyd, Patrick S. — primary (person)
- Buckbee, Bill — primary (person)
- Butler, Larry B. — primary (person)
- Callahan, Patrick E. — primary (person)
- Carney, Devin R. — primary (person)
- Comey, Robin E. — primary (person)
- Cook, Michelle L. — primary (person)
- Dathan, Lucy — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Digiovancarlo, Michael — primary (person)
- Elliott, Josh — primary (person)
- Foster, Jaime S. — primary (person)
- Garibay, Jane M. — primary (person)
- Gibson, Bobby G. — primary (person)
- Horn, Maria P. — primary (person)
- Howard, Greg S. — primary (person)
- Kavros Degraw, Eleni — primary (person)
- Lanoue, Brian — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Napoli, Ronald A. — primary (person)
- Nuccio, Tammy — primary (person)
- Parker, John-michael — primary (person)
- Petit, William A. — primary (person)
- Rebimbas, Rosa C. — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Riley, Emmett D. — primary (person)
- Ryan, Kevin — primary (person)
- Sanchez, Robert — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Smith, Brian T. — primary (person)
- Turco, Gary A. — primary (person)
- Vargas, Edwin — primary (person)
- Veach, Donna — primary (person)
- Welander, Mary — primary (person)
- Yaccarino, Dave W. — primary (person)
- Zawistowski, Tami — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Committee on Children `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** PUBLIC HEARING 0218
- **2021-03-11** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-03-22** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/29/21
- **2021-03-29** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-03-29** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-03-29** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 146
- **2021-03-29** FILE NO. 157
- **2021-04-26** REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-04** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-05-04** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-05-04** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-05-18** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-05-18** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-05-20** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-05-20** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 448
- **2021-05-20** FILE NO. 701
- **2021-06-04** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-04** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-04** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-16** PUBLIC ACT 21-82
- **2021-06-18** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-18** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-06-28** 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/b3a87f3a-e743-4131-81fc-cf10411f4494`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).