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---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO BROADBAND."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO BROADBAND."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6442"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6442 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cable television", "Educational Technology", "Commission for", "Energy and Environmental Protection", "Department of", "Governor's bills", "Grants by the state", "Holding companies", "Internet", "Internet service providers", "Local Capital Improvement Program (LoCIP)", "Policy and Management", "Office of", "Public Utilities Regulatory Authority", "Public utility termination of service", "Refunds", "Reports", "State Building Code", "Telecommunications services", "Utility lines", "poles and towers", "Video service"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Borer, Dorinda", "Candelaria, Juan R.", "Elliott, Josh", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Horn, Maria P.", "Parker, John-michael", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Sanchez, Robert", "Santiago, Hilda E."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2021-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa29bb68-9846-445a-a54a-2c051c026e97"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "976b70622e19c6ee81686f550aa300159426634af28a6a1a528d4aa9365dedd3"
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 6442 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO BROADBAND.
## 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-06442-R02-HB.PDF)
2. **ET Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06442-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **File No. 262** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06442-R000262-FC.PDF)
4. **File No. 786** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06442-R000786-FC.PDF)
5. **Governor's Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06442-R00-HB.PDF)
6. **Public Act No. 21-159** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00159-R00HB-06442-PA.PDF)
## Sponsors
- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Borer, Dorinda — primary (person)
- Candelaria, Juan R. — primary (person)
- Elliott, Josh — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Horn, Maria P. — primary (person)
- Parker, John-michael — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Sanchez, Robert — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-11** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Energy and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** PUBLIC HEARING 0309
- **2021-03-18** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-03-29** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/06/21
- **2021-04-06** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-04-06** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-04-06** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 216
- **2021-04-06** FILE NO. 262
- **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
- **2021-06-03** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-03** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-03** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2021-06-04** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-06-04** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 550
- **2021-06-04** FILE NO. 786
- **2021-06-09** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-09** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-09** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-24** PUBLIC ACT 21-159
- **2021-06-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-28** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-07-12** 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/aa29bb68-9846-445a-a54a-2c051c026e97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).