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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING USE OF FORCE BY A PEACE OFFICER."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING USE OF FORCE BY A PEACE OFFICER."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6462"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6462 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Deadly physical force", "Peace officers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson, Mark W", "Bolinsky, Mitch", "Boyd, Patrick S.", "Dauphinais, Anne", "Delnicki, Tom", "Fishbein, Craig C.", "France, Mike", "Garibay, Jane M.", "Gresko, Joseph P.", "Harrison, Cindy", "Howard, Greg S.", "Kavros Degraw, Eleni", "Lanoue, Brian", "Mastrofrancesco, Gale L.", "Nuccio, Tammy", "O'dea, Tom", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Somers, Heather S.", "Stafstrom, Steven J.", "Yaccarino, Dave W."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-17"
last_action: "2021-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42b880e7-83be-4428-a4ae-b4c559b4d0d5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "ea4e7c4f3022cba0070d59c7be965da996b6eae68e8d375ff9ae0281330ba1a8"
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 6462 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING USE OF FORCE BY A PEACE OFFICER.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **File No. 45** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06462-R000045-FC.PDF)
2. **JUD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06462-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 21-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00004-R00HB-06462-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06462-R00-HB.PDF)
## Sponsors
- Anderson, Mark W — primary (person)
- Bolinsky, Mitch — primary (person)
- Boyd, Patrick S. — primary (person)
- Dauphinais, Anne — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Fishbein, Craig C. — primary (person)
- France, Mike — primary (person)
- Garibay, Jane M. — primary (person)
- Gresko, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Harrison, Cindy — primary (person)
- Howard, Greg S. — primary (person)
- Kavros Degraw, Eleni — primary (person)
- Lanoue, Brian — primary (person)
- Mastrofrancesco, Gale L. — primary (person)
- Nuccio, Tammy — primary (person)
- O'dea, Tom — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)
- Stafstrom, Steven J. — primary (person)
- Yaccarino, Dave W. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-17** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** PUBLIC HEARING 0222
- **2021-03-08** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-08** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-03-08** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/15/21
- **2021-03-11** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-03-11** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-03-11** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 64
- **2021-03-11** FILE NO. 45
- **2021-03-16** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-03-16** RULES SUSPENDED, TRANSMITTED TO SENATE
- **2021-03-17** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-03-17** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 84
- **2021-03-23** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-03-23** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-03-25** PUBLIC ACT 21-4
- **2021-03-31** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-03-31** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-03-31** 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/42b880e7-83be-4428-a4ae-b4c559b4d0d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).