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---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTRONIC DEFENSE WEAPONS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTRONIC DEFENSE WEAPONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6491"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6491 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Age", "Criminal law", "Electronic defense weapons", "Felonies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Delnicki, Tom", "Dubitsky, Doug", "Fishbein, Craig C.", "France, Mike", "Garibay, Jane M.", "Gibson, Bobby G.", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Lanoue, Brian", "Mastrofrancesco, Gale L.", "Mcgorty, Ben", "Pavalock-d'amato, Cara Christine", "Perillo, Jason", "Sampson, Rob", "Simms, Travis"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-22"
last_action: "2021-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/846a14f1-154c-4625-a628-d4924e6e90b2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "97f3fd5515a5d8ad4495f091beedde221cb86ae6de7c4ade1099849a0a0bfd1c"
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 6491 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTRONIC DEFENSE WEAPONS.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **File No. 575** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06491-R000575-FC.PDF)
2. **File No. 690** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021HB-06491-R000690-FC.PDF)
3. **JUD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06491-R01-HB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 21-31** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00031-R00HB-06491-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06491-R00-HB.PDF)
## Sponsors
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Dubitsky, Doug — primary (person)
- Fishbein, Craig C. — primary (person)
- France, Mike — primary (person)
- Garibay, Jane M. — primary (person)
- Gibson, Bobby G. — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Lanoue, Brian — primary (person)
- Mastrofrancesco, Gale L. — primary (person)
- Mcgorty, Ben — primary (person)
- Pavalock-d'amato, Cara Christine — primary (person)
- Perillo, Jason — primary (person)
- Sampson, Rob — primary (person)
- Simms, Travis — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-22** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** PUBLIC HEARING 0305
- **2021-04-06** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-04-16** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/21/21
- **2021-04-22** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-04-22** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-04-22** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 402
- **2021-04-22** FILE NO. 575
- **2021-05-12** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-05-12** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-05-14** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-05-14** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 437
- **2021-05-14** FILE NO. 690
- **2021-05-26** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-05-26** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-05-26** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-03** PUBLIC ACT 21-31
- **2021-06-04** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-04** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-06-10** 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/846a14f1-154c-4625-a628-d4924e6e90b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).