republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2021/sb-56.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT DETERRING AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT APPLICATIONS."
description: "AN ACT DETERRING AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT APPLICATIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 56"
citation: "Connecticut SB 56 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Age discrimination", "Discrimination in employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Bolinsky, Mitch", "Butler, Larry B.", "Cabrera, Jorge", "Carney, Devin R.", "Carpino, Christie M.", "Cheeseman, Holly H.", "Cohen, Christine", "Comey, Robin E.", "Dathan, Lucy", "Delnicki, Tom", "Demicco, Mike", "Devlin, Laura M.", "Digiovancarlo, Michael", "Doucette, Jason", "Exum, Tammy R.", "Farrar, Kate", "Garibay, Jane M.", "Genga, Henry J.", "Gibson, Bobby G.", "Gilchrest, Jillian", "Gonzalez, Minnie", "Goupil, Christine", "Gresko, Joseph P.", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Hampton, John K.", "Haskell, Will", "Hennessy, John \"jack\" F.", "Hwang, Tony", "Kavros Degraw, Eleni", "Kushner, Julie", "Mcgorty, Ben", "Moore, Marilyn V.", "Napoli, Ronald A.", "Nolan, Anthony L.", "Osten, Catherine A.", "Palm, Christine", "Rutigliano, David", "Ryan, Kevin", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Simms, Travis", "Slap, Derek", "Smith, Frank", "Turco, Gary A.", "Wilson, David T.", "Witkos, Kevin D.", "Wood, Kerry S.", "Zawistowski, Tami"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4feb31aa-403d-42a0-ac5a-fddc30f55aec"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "c402442d837673b66263fb688ec4e5ead3ada189fc8a1e0bbee5264efa59349a"
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 SB 56 (2021) — AN ACT DETERRING AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT APPLICATIONS.

## Version chain

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

1. **AGE Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00056-R02-SB.PDF)
2. **Committee Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00056-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **File No. 11** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021SB-00056-R000011-FC.PDF)
4. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00056-R00-SB.PDF)
5. **Public Act No. 21-69** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00069-R00SB-00056-PA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Bolinsky, Mitch — primary (person)
- Butler, Larry B. — primary (person)
- Cabrera, Jorge — primary (person)
- Carney, Devin R. — primary (person)
- Carpino, Christie M. — primary (person)
- Cheeseman, Holly H. — primary (person)
- Cohen, Christine — primary (person)
- Comey, Robin E. — primary (person)
- Dathan, Lucy — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Demicco, Mike — primary (person)
- Devlin, Laura M. — primary (person)
- Digiovancarlo, Michael — primary (person)
- Doucette, Jason — primary (person)
- Exum, Tammy R. — primary (person)
- Farrar, Kate — primary (person)
- Garibay, Jane M. — primary (person)
- Genga, Henry J. — primary (person)
- Gibson, Bobby G. — primary (person)
- Gilchrest, Jillian — primary (person)
- Gonzalez, Minnie — primary (person)
- Goupil, Christine — primary (person)
- Gresko, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Hampton, John K. — primary (person)
- Haskell, Will — primary (person)
- Hennessy, John "jack" F. — primary (person)
- Hwang, Tony — primary (person)
- Kavros Degraw, Eleni — primary (person)
- Kushner, Julie — primary (person)
- Mcgorty, Ben — primary (person)
- Moore, Marilyn V. — primary (person)
- Napoli, Ronald A. — primary (person)
- Nolan, Anthony L. — primary (person)
- Osten, Catherine A. — primary (person)
- Palm, Christine — primary (person)
- Rutigliano, David — primary (person)
- Ryan, Kevin — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Simms, Travis — primary (person)
- Slap, Derek — primary (person)
- Smith, Frank — primary (person)
- Turco, Gary A. — primary (person)
- Wilson, David T. — primary (person)
- Witkos, Kevin D. — primary (person)
- Wood, Kerry S. — primary (person)
- Zawistowski, Tami — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Aging `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** Vote to Draft
- **2021-01-29** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2021-02-01** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Aging `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** PUBLIC HEARING 0209
- **2021-02-16** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-18** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-02-26** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/03/21
- **2021-03-04** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-03-04** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-03-04** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 52
- **2021-03-04** FILE NO. 11
- **2021-04-14** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-04-15** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-04-15** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 353
- **2021-06-04** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-06-04** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-15** PUBLIC ACT 21-69
- **2021-06-16** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-16** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-06-24** 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/4feb31aa-403d-42a0-ac5a-fddc30f55aec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).