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---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING ONLINE HARASSMENT."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING ONLINE HARASSMENT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 989"
citation: "Connecticut SB 989 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Age", "Computer crimes", "Felonies", "Harassment", "Misdemeanors", "Personal data", "Stalking"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arora, Harry", "Berthel, Eric C.", "Betts, Whit", "Butler, Larry B.", "Cheeseman, Holly H.", "Delnicki, Tom", "Devlin, Laura M.", "Dillon, Patricia A.", "Exum, Tammy R.", "Fiorello, Kimberly", "Fishbein, Craig C.", "Formica, Paul M.", "Foster, Jaime S.", "Gibson, Bobby G.", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Haddad, Gregory", "Haines, Irene M.", "Horn, Maria P.", "Hwang, Tony", "Kavros Degraw, Eleni", "Kelly, Kevin C.", "Kissel, John A.", "Linehan, Liz", "Mcgorty, Ben", "Morrin Bello, Amy", "Parker, John-michael", "Perone, Chris", "Petit, William A.", "Phipps, Quentin W.", "Sampson, Rob", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Somers, Heather S.", "Steinberg, Jonathan", "Thomas, Stephanie", "Turco, Gary A.", "Veach, Donna", "Wood, Terrie E.", "Yaccarino, Dave W."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-04"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/554dce4a-e826-40a5-aca9-c1b88a9b8406"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "7e91c3a74990a202c9d630dd0db908fb714cba000e3626a06da9d0356fbf2b7b"
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 989 (2021) — AN ACT CONCERNING ONLINE HARASSMENT.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **File No. 612** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/FC/PDF/2021SB-00989-R000612-FC.PDF)
2. **JUD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00989-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 21-56** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00056-R00SB-00989-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/S/PDF/2021SB-00989-R00-SB.PDF)
## Sponsors
- Arora, Harry — primary (person)
- Berthel, Eric C. — primary (person)
- Betts, Whit — primary (person)
- Butler, Larry B. — primary (person)
- Cheeseman, Holly H. — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Devlin, Laura M. — primary (person)
- Dillon, Patricia A. — primary (person)
- Exum, Tammy R. — primary (person)
- Fiorello, Kimberly — primary (person)
- Fishbein, Craig C. — primary (person)
- Formica, Paul M. — primary (person)
- Foster, Jaime S. — primary (person)
- Gibson, Bobby G. — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Haddad, Gregory — primary (person)
- Haines, Irene M. — primary (person)
- Horn, Maria P. — primary (person)
- Hwang, Tony — primary (person)
- Kavros Degraw, Eleni — primary (person)
- Kelly, Kevin C. — primary (person)
- Kissel, John A. — primary (person)
- Linehan, Liz — primary (person)
- Mcgorty, Ben — primary (person)
- Morrin Bello, Amy — primary (person)
- Parker, John-michael — primary (person)
- Perone, Chris — primary (person)
- Petit, William A. — primary (person)
- Phipps, Quentin W. — primary (person)
- Sampson, Rob — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)
- Steinberg, Jonathan — primary (person)
- Thomas, Stephanie — primary (person)
- Turco, Gary A. — primary (person)
- Veach, Donna — primary (person)
- Wood, Terrie E. — primary (person)
- Yaccarino, Dave W. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-04** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** PUBLIC HEARING 0310
- **2021-04-08** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** FILED WITH LCO
- **2021-04-19** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/26/21
- **2021-04-26** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2021-04-26** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
- **2021-04-26** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 351
- **2021-04-26** FILE NO. 612
- **2021-05-20** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
- **2021-05-20** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2021-05-20** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2021-05-21** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR
- **2021-05-21** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 537
- **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 21-56
- **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/554dce4a-e826-40a5-aca9-c1b88a9b8406`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).