republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2021/sb-972.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING COMMUNICATION SERVICES IN CORRECTIONAL AND JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING COMMUNICATION SERVICES IN CORRECTIONAL AND JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 972"
citation: "Connecticut SB 972 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Correction Department", "Court Support Services Division", "Juvenile detention centers", "Prisoners", "Telecommunications"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Berger-girvalo, Aimee", "Cabrera, Jorge", "Chafee, Brandon", "Concepcion, Julio A.", "Currey, Jeff", "D'agostino, Michael", "Duff, Bob", "Elliott, Josh", "Farrar, Kate", "Garibay, Jane M.", "Gilchrest, Jillian", "Hall, Joshua M.", "Haskell, Will", "Hennessy, John \"jack\" F.", "Hughes, Anne M.", "Johnson, Susan M.", "Kushner, Julie", "Looney, Martin M.", "Mccrory, Douglas", "Mcgee, Brandon L.", "Michel, David", "Miller, Patricia Billie", "Moore, Marilyn V.", "Nolan, Anthony L.", "Palm, Christine", "Phipps, Quentin W.", "Porter, Robyn A.", "Rojas, Jason", "Simms, Travis", "Smith, Brian T.", "Smith, Frank", "Stafstrom, Steven J.", "Stallworth, Charlie L.", "Vargas, Edwin", "Winkler, Michael A."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ffffb0f-fe4a-4569-8341-d49504daed78"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "d7cd05da5b4a8de6b1cda22027f434b92c3689a7b62ad040712be9d3b1a14b10"
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 972 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING COMMUNICATION SERVICES IN CORRECTIONAL AND JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES.

## 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/S/PDF/2021SB-00972-R02-SB.PDF)
2. **File No. 453** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021SB-00972-R000453-FC.PDF)
3. **JUD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00972-R01-SB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 21-54** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00054-R00SB-00972-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00972-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Berger-girvalo, Aimee — primary (person)
- Cabrera, Jorge — primary (person)
- Chafee, Brandon — primary (person)
- Concepcion, Julio A. — primary (person)
- Currey, Jeff — primary (person)
- D'agostino, Michael — primary (person)
- Duff, Bob — primary (person)
- Elliott, Josh — primary (person)
- Farrar, Kate — primary (person)
- Garibay, Jane M. — primary (person)
- Gilchrest, Jillian — primary (person)
- Hall, Joshua M. — primary (person)
- Haskell, Will — primary (person)
- Hennessy, John "jack" F. — primary (person)
- Hughes, Anne M. — primary (person)
- Johnson, Susan M. — primary (person)
- Kushner, Julie — primary (person)
- Looney, Martin M. — primary (person)
- Mccrory, Douglas — primary (person)
- Mcgee, Brandon L. — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Miller, Patricia Billie — primary (person)
- Moore, Marilyn V. — primary (person)
- Nolan, Anthony L. — primary (person)
- Palm, Christine — primary (person)
- Phipps, Quentin W. — primary (person)
- Porter, Robyn A. — primary (person)
- Rojas, Jason — primary (person)
- Simms, Travis — primary (person)
- Smith, Brian T. — primary (person)
- Smith, Frank — primary (person)
- Stafstrom, Steven J. — primary (person)
- Stallworth, Charlie L. — primary (person)
- Vargas, Edwin — primary (person)
- Winkler, Michael A. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-01** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** PUBLIC HEARING 0322
- **2021-03-29** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-04-08** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/13/21
- **2021-04-14** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-04-14** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-04-14** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 269
- **2021-04-14** FILE NO. 453
- **2021-04-28** REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. 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** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-05-20** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-05-20** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. B
- **2021-05-20** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-05-21** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-05-21** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 535
- **2021-06-03** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-03** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-03** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-03** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-09** PUBLIC ACT 21-54
- **2021-06-10** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2021-06-10** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR
- **2021-06-16** 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/9ffffb0f-fe4a-4569-8341-d49504daed78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).