republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2023/hb-6714.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING CRUELTY TO ANIMALS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING CRUELTY TO ANIMALS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6714"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6714 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animal control officers", "Criminal law", "Cruelty to animals", "Law enforcement", "Misdemeanors", "Sex offenses", "Veterinarians"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allie-brennan, Raghib", "Anwar, Saud", "Berthel, Eric C.", "Bolinsky, Mitch", "Carney, Devin R.", "Cheeseman, Holly H.", "Comey, Robin E.", "Dancho, Laura", "Dathan, Lucy", "Decaprio, Mark", "Delnicki, Tom", "Denning, Keith", "Digiovancarlo, Michael", "Fishbein, Craig C.", "Garibay, Jane M.", "Gordon, Jeff", "Hall, Carol", "Hartley, Joan V.", "Howard, Greg S.", "Hughes, Anne M.", "Hwang, Tony", "Kennedy, Kathy", "Kissel, John A.", "Klarides-ditria, Nicole", "Labriola, David K.", "Linehan, Liz", "Maroney, James J.", "Marra, Tracy", "Mcgorty, Ben", "Michel, David", "Morrin Bello, Amy", "Napoli, Ronald A.", "O'dea, Tom", "Poulos, Christopher", "Quinn, Michael D", "Rutigliano, David", "Sampson, Rob", "Scott, Tony J", "Seminara, Lisa", "Smith, Frank", "Turco, Gary A.", "Vail, Kurt", "Weir, Steve", "Welander, Mary", "Wood, Kerry S.", "Yaccarino, Dave W.", "Zupkus, Lezlye"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/347fe59c-4ae9-4c3e-8c8c-73366f340e83"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "3b22eec7fabc164c4a98c2980496befc0ce46a9c90e21884bb3c2375593ff8c9"
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 HB 6714 (2023) — AN ACT CONCERNING CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 581** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-06714-R000581-FC.PDF)
2. **JUD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06714-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 23-149** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00149-R00HB-06714-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06714-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Allie-brennan, Raghib — primary (person)
- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Berthel, Eric C. — primary (person)
- Bolinsky, Mitch — primary (person)
- Carney, Devin R. — primary (person)
- Cheeseman, Holly H. — primary (person)
- Comey, Robin E. — primary (person)
- Dancho, Laura — primary (person)
- Dathan, Lucy — primary (person)
- Decaprio, Mark — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Denning, Keith — primary (person)
- Digiovancarlo, Michael — primary (person)
- Fishbein, Craig C. — primary (person)
- Garibay, Jane M. — primary (person)
- Gordon, Jeff — primary (person)
- Hall, Carol — primary (person)
- Hartley, Joan V. — primary (person)
- Howard, Greg S. — primary (person)
- Hughes, Anne M. — primary (person)
- Hwang, Tony — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Kathy — primary (person)
- Kissel, John A. — primary (person)
- Klarides-ditria, Nicole — primary (person)
- Labriola, David K. — primary (person)
- Linehan, Liz — primary (person)
- Maroney, James J. — primary (person)
- Marra, Tracy — primary (person)
- Mcgorty, Ben — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Morrin Bello, Amy — primary (person)
- Napoli, Ronald A. — primary (person)
- O'dea, Tom — primary (person)
- Poulos, Christopher — primary (person)
- Quinn, Michael D — primary (person)
- Rutigliano, David — primary (person)
- Sampson, Rob — primary (person)
- Scott, Tony J — primary (person)
- Seminara, Lisa — primary (person)
- Smith, Frank — primary (person)
- Turco, Gary A. — primary (person)
- Vail, Kurt — primary (person)
- Weir, Steve — primary (person)
- Welander, Mary — primary (person)
- Wood, Kerry S. — primary (person)
- Yaccarino, Dave W. — primary (person)
- Zupkus, Lezlye — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** PUBLIC HEARING 0301
- **2023-03-27** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-04-06** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/12/23 `referral`
- **2023-04-13** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-04-13** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 352
- **2023-04-13** FILE NO. 581
- **2023-05-09** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2023-05-11** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-05-11** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 489
- **2023-06-07** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2023-06-07** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-15** PUBLIC ACT 23-149
- **2023-06-26** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-26** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-27** 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/347fe59c-4ae9-4c3e-8c8c-73366f340e83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).