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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE BILLS OF RIGHTS FOR LONG-TERM CARE RESIDENTS AND AUTHORIZING THE USE OF RESIDENT TECHNOLOGY FOR VIRTUAL VISITATION AND VIRTUAL MONITORING."
description: "AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE BILLS OF RIGHTS FOR LONG-TERM CARE RESIDENTS AND AUTHORIZING THE USE OF RESIDENT TECHNOLOGY FOR VIRTUAL VISITATION AND VIRTUAL MONITORING."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 975"
citation: "Connecticut SB 975 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electronic surveillance", "Long term care facilities", "Nursing home patients", "Patients' rights", "Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackert, Tim", "Anwar, Saud", "Berthel, Eric C.", "Betts, Whit", "Carpino, Christie M.", "Cicarella, Paul", "Conley, Christine", "Cook, Michelle L.", "D'amelio, Anthony J.", "Delnicki, Tom", "Devlin, Laura M.", "Doucette, Jason", "Formica, Paul M.", "Foster, Jaime S.", "Garibay, Jane M.", "Gibson, Bobby G.", "Green, Robin", "Haines, Irene M.", "Horn, Maria P.", "Kelly, Kevin C.", "Klarides-ditria, Nicole", "Osten, Catherine A.", "Parker, John-michael", "Phipps, Quentin W.", "Rochelle, Kara", "Turco, Gary A.", "Witkos, Kevin D.", "Zawistowski, Tami", "Zullo, Joseph H."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-02"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07044025-5c6f-4a5c-8285-74a189bca60c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "28e93efc6474c0515782a1165e8be6efd378dab800d9632df73221726972a2b9"
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 975 (2021) — AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE BILLS OF RIGHTS FOR LONG-TERM CARE RESIDENTS AND AUTHORIZING THE USE OF RESIDENT TECHNOLOGY FOR VIRTUAL VISITATION AND VIRTUAL MONITORING.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **AGE Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00975-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **File No. 193** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021SB-00975-R000193-FC.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 21-55** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00055-R00SB-00975-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00975-R00-SB.PDF)
## Sponsors
- Ackert, Tim — primary (person)
- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Berthel, Eric C. — primary (person)
- Betts, Whit — primary (person)
- Carpino, Christie M. — primary (person)
- Cicarella, Paul — primary (person)
- Conley, Christine — primary (person)
- Cook, Michelle L. — primary (person)
- D'amelio, Anthony J. — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Devlin, Laura M. — primary (person)
- Doucette, Jason — primary (person)
- Formica, Paul M. — primary (person)
- Foster, Jaime S. — primary (person)
- Garibay, Jane M. — primary (person)
- Gibson, Bobby G. — primary (person)
- Green, Robin — primary (person)
- Haines, Irene M. — primary (person)
- Horn, Maria P. — primary (person)
- Kelly, Kevin C. — primary (person)
- Klarides-ditria, Nicole — primary (person)
- Osten, Catherine A. — primary (person)
- Parker, John-michael — primary (person)
- Phipps, Quentin W. — primary (person)
- Rochelle, Kara — primary (person)
- Turco, Gary A. — primary (person)
- Witkos, Kevin D. — primary (person)
- Zawistowski, Tami — primary (person)
- Zullo, Joseph H. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-02** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Aging `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** PUBLIC HEARING 0309
- **2021-03-11** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-03-22** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/29/21
- **2021-03-29** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-03-29** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-03-29** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 155
- **2021-03-29** FILE NO. 193
- **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 505
- **2021-06-03** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-06-03** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-06-03** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-06-09** PUBLIC ACT 21-55
- **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/07044025-5c6f-4a5c-8285-74a189bca60c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).