republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2021/sb-837.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF PERFLUOROALKYL OR POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES IN CLASS B FIREFIGHTING FOAM."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF PERFLUOROALKYL OR POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES IN CLASS B FIREFIGHTING FOAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 837"
citation: "Connecticut SB 837 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Chemicals", "Energy and Environmental Protection", "Department of", "Fire equipment", "Packaging"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allie-brennan, Raghib", "Anwar, Saud", "Butler, Larry B.", "Champagne, Dan", "Cicarella, Paul", "Comey, Robin E.", "Conley, Christine", "Cook, Michelle L.", "Dathan, Lucy", "Devlin, Laura M.", "Dillon, Patricia A.", "Elliott, Josh", "Ferraro, Charles J.", "Formica, Paul M.", "Garibay, Jane M.", "Gibson, Bobby G.", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Haddad, Gregory", "Hennessy, John \"jack\" F.", "Hwang, Tony", "Kavros Degraw, Eleni", "Kelly, Kevin C.", "Kennedy, Kathy", "Kushner, Julie", "Leeper, Jennifer", "Martin, Henri", "Mccarty, Kathleen M.", "Mcgorty, Ben", "Michel, David", "Mushinsky, Mary M.", "Osten, Catherine A.", "Palm, Christine", "Parker, John-michael", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Rochelle, Kara", "Sampson, Rob", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Somers, Heather S.", "Thomas, Stephanie", "Winkler, Michael A.", "Witkos, Kevin D.", "Wood, Kerry S.", "Zawistowski, Tami"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/870dd149-edd9-43f7-b838-0e40b56b62c0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "a0dfb82f1450342d358ca4876ec809d6e5a6ade4c36d8c96063363b45193fca9"
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 837 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF PERFLUOROALKYL OR POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES IN CLASS B FIREFIGHTING FOAM.

## Version chain

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

1. **ENV Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00837-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **File No. 126** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021SB-00837-R000126-FC.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 21-191** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00191-R00SB-00837-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00837-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Allie-brennan, Raghib — primary (person)
- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Butler, Larry B. — primary (person)
- Champagne, Dan — primary (person)
- Cicarella, Paul — primary (person)
- Comey, Robin E. — primary (person)
- Conley, Christine — primary (person)
- Cook, Michelle L. — primary (person)
- Dathan, Lucy — primary (person)
- Devlin, Laura M. — primary (person)
- Dillon, Patricia A. — primary (person)
- Elliott, Josh — primary (person)
- Ferraro, Charles J. — primary (person)
- Formica, Paul M. — primary (person)
- Garibay, Jane M. — primary (person)
- Gibson, Bobby G. — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Haddad, Gregory — primary (person)
- Hennessy, John "jack" F. — primary (person)
- Hwang, Tony — primary (person)
- Kavros Degraw, Eleni — primary (person)
- Kelly, Kevin C. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Kathy — primary (person)
- Kushner, Julie — primary (person)
- Leeper, Jennifer — primary (person)
- Martin, Henri — primary (person)
- Mccarty, Kathleen M. — primary (person)
- Mcgorty, Ben — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Mushinsky, Mary M. — primary (person)
- Osten, Catherine A. — primary (person)
- Palm, Christine — primary (person)
- Parker, John-michael — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Rochelle, Kara — primary (person)
- Sampson, Rob — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)
- Thomas, Stephanie — primary (person)
- Winkler, Michael A. — 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.

- **2021-02-04** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-03-18** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/23/21
- **2021-03-24** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-03-24** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-03-24** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 126
- **2021-03-24** FILE NO. 126
- **2021-05-13** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-05-13** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-05-13** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2021-05-14** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-05-14** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 488
- **2021-06-07** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-07** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-07** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-07** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-07** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2021-06-08** DISAGREEING ACTION,TABLED FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-06-09** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-09** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-09** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-09** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-28** PUBLIC ACT 21-191
- **2021-06-30** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-30** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-07-13** 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/870dd149-edd9-43f7-b838-0e40b56b62c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).