republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2023/sb-3.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING ONLINE PRIVACY, DATA AND SAFETY PROTECTIONS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING ONLINE PRIVACY, DATA AND SAFETY PROTECTIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 3"
citation: "Connecticut SB 3 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Age", "Attorney General", "Children", "Computer crimes", "Confidentiality", "Consumer protection", "Criminal procedure", "Cyberbullying", "Dating services", "Employees", "Employers", "Harassment", "Health care data", "Health care facilities", "Internet", "Medical records", "Parental consent", "Personal data", "Privacy", "Reports", "Sexual assault", "Sexual harassment", "Social media", "Task forces", "Unfair or deceptive trade practices", "Warrants (Law)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Blumenthal, Matt", "Cabrera, Jorge", "Carpino, Christie M.", "Cheeseman, Holly H.", "Cicarella, Paul", "Cohen, Christine", "Delany, Hubert D.", "Duff, Bob", "Fazio, Ryan", "Flexer, Mae", "Fonfara, John W.", "Gaston, Herron", "Gordon, Jeff", "Hochadel, Jan", "Hwang, Tony", "Kavros Degraw, Eleni", "Keitt, Sarah", "Kennedy, Kathy", "Kushner, Julie", "Lesser, Matthew L.", "Looney, Martin M.", "Lopes, Rick", "Maher, Ceci", "Maroney, James J.", "Marx, Martha", "Mccarthy Vahey, Cristin", "Mccrory, Douglas", "Miller, Patricia Billie", "Moore, Marilyn V.", "Needleman, Norman", "Parker, John-michael", "Rahman, Md", "Rochelle, Kara", "Slap, Derek", "Somers, Heather S.", "Winfield, Gary A."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4e2c26b-1b9c-4d06-8b81-587afdc09ca2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "497913a3dd6038b5f34da535a52758ba79b19a21b1247f5a78b59bc75cc5634e"
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 3 (2023) — AN ACT CONCERNING ONLINE PRIVACY, DATA AND SAFETY PROTECTIONS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-00003-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **File No. 604** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023SB-00003-R000604-FC.PDF)
3. **JUD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-00003-R02-SB.PDF)
4. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-00003-R00-SB.PDF)
5. **Public Act No. 23-56** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00056-R00SB-00003-PA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Blumenthal, Matt — primary (person)
- Cabrera, Jorge — primary (person)
- Carpino, Christie M. — primary (person)
- Cheeseman, Holly H. — primary (person)
- Cicarella, Paul — primary (person)
- Cohen, Christine — primary (person)
- Delany, Hubert D. — primary (person)
- Duff, Bob — primary (person)
- Fazio, Ryan — primary (person)
- Flexer, Mae — primary (person)
- Fonfara, John W. — primary (person)
- Gaston, Herron — primary (person)
- Gordon, Jeff — primary (person)
- Hochadel, Jan — primary (person)
- Hwang, Tony — primary (person)
- Kavros Degraw, Eleni — primary (person)
- Keitt, Sarah — primary (person)
- Kennedy, Kathy — primary (person)
- Kushner, Julie — primary (person)
- Lesser, Matthew L. — primary (person)
- Looney, Martin M. — primary (person)
- Lopes, Rick — primary (person)
- Maher, Ceci — primary (person)
- Maroney, James J. — primary (person)
- Marx, Martha — primary (person)
- Mccarthy Vahey, Cristin — primary (person)
- Mccrory, Douglas — primary (person)
- Miller, Patricia Billie — primary (person)
- Moore, Marilyn V. — primary (person)
- Needleman, Norman — primary (person)
- Parker, John-michael — primary (person)
- Rahman, Md — primary (person)
- Rochelle, Kara — primary (person)
- Slap, Derek — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)
- Winfield, Gary A. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-04** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Vote to Draft
- **2023-03-13** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2023-03-14** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** PUBLIC HEARING 0322
- **2023-03-30** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-04-10** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/17/23 `referral`
- **2023-04-17** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-04-17** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-17** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 347
- **2023-04-17** FILE NO. 604
- **2023-05-11** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-11** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-05-12** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-05-12** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 519
- **2023-06-02** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-02** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-02** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-12** PUBLIC ACT 23-56
- **2023-06-14** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-14** 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/c4e2c26b-1b9c-4d06-8b81-587afdc09ca2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).