republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2023/hb-6796.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING INTERSTATE AGREEMENTS TO COMBAT CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFTS AND A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE LAWS RELATED TO CATALYTIC CONVERTERS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING INTERSTATE AGREEMENTS TO COMBAT CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFTS AND A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE LAWS RELATED TO CATALYTIC CONVERTERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6796"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6796 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency Services and Public Protection", "Department of", "Insurance Department", "Intergovernmental cooperation", "Motor Vehicle Department", "Motor vehicle dealers", "Motor vehicle identification numbers", "Motor vehicle parts", "Reports", "State regulations", "specific", "Studies", "Task forces"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Berthel, Eric C.", "Blumenthal, Matt", "Bolinsky, Mitch", "Butler, Larry B.", "Callahan, Patrick E.", "Cheeseman, Holly H.", "Delany, Hubert D.", "Delnicki, Tom", "Dillon, Patricia A.", "Fishbein, Craig C.", "Foncello, Martin", "Garibay, Jane M.", "Gordon, Jeff", "Haines, Irene M.", "Hall, Carol", "Hartley, Joan V.", "Hwang, Tony", "Kavros Degraw, Eleni", "Kelly, Kevin C.", "Kennedy, Kathy", "Kissel, John A.", "Miller, Patricia Billie", "Morrin Bello, Amy", "Mushinsky, Mary M.", "Perillo, Jason", "Pizzuto, William", "Poulos, Christopher", "Rochelle, Kara", "Rutigliano, David", "Santos, Farley", "Seminara, Lisa", "Turco, Gary A.", "Veach, Donna", "Zullo, Joseph H."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-23"
last_action: "2023-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2b165aa-da81-4bbd-bdac-4f1430d5d202"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "a812f098ca712f103c01c2236cca80f0bd447234e0613a3134bbc4b5ae5a3ab0"
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 6796 (2023) — AN ACT CONCERNING INTERSTATE AGREEMENTS TO COMBAT CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFTS AND A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE LAWS RELATED TO CATALYTIC CONVERTERS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 364** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-06796-R000364-FC.PDF)
2. **File No. 858** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-06796-R000858-FC.PDF)
3. **PS Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06796-R01-HB.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06796-R00-HB.PDF)
5. **Special Act No. 23-20** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/SA/PDF/2023SA-00020-R00HB-06796-SA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Berthel, Eric C. — primary (person)
- Blumenthal, Matt — primary (person)
- Bolinsky, Mitch — primary (person)
- Butler, Larry B. — primary (person)
- Callahan, Patrick E. — primary (person)
- Cheeseman, Holly H. — primary (person)
- Delany, Hubert D. — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Dillon, Patricia A. — primary (person)
- Fishbein, Craig C. — primary (person)
- Foncello, Martin — primary (person)
- Garibay, Jane M. — primary (person)
- Gordon, Jeff — primary (person)
- Haines, Irene M. — primary (person)
- Hall, Carol — primary (person)
- Hartley, Joan V. — primary (person)
- Hwang, Tony — primary (person)
- Kavros Degraw, Eleni — primary (person)
- Kelly, Kevin C. — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Kathy — primary (person)
- Kissel, John A. — primary (person)
- Miller, Patricia Billie — primary (person)
- Morrin Bello, Amy — primary (person)
- Mushinsky, Mary M. — primary (person)
- Perillo, Jason — primary (person)
- Pizzuto, William — primary (person)
- Poulos, Christopher — primary (person)
- Rochelle, Kara — primary (person)
- Rutigliano, David — primary (person)
- Santos, Farley — primary (person)
- Seminara, Lisa — primary (person)
- Turco, Gary A. — primary (person)
- Veach, Donna — primary (person)
- Zullo, Joseph H. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-23** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Safety and Security `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** PUBLIC HEARING 0302
- **2023-03-16** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-03-27** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/03/23 `referral`
- **2023-04-03** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-04-03** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 251
- **2023-04-03** FILE NO. 364
- **2023-06-01** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-01** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-01** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2023-06-02** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-02** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 589
- **2023-06-02** FILE NO. 858
- **2023-06-06** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-06** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-06** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-15** SPECIAL ACT 23-20
- **2023-06-22** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-22** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-26** 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/a2b165aa-da81-4bbd-bdac-4f1430d5d202`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).