republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2023/sb-9.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOR CONNECTICUT RESIDENTS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOR CONNECTICUT RESIDENTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 9"
citation: "Connecticut SB 9 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advanced practice nurses", "Advisory bodies", "Behavioral health services", "Career education", "Children and Families", "Department of", "Civil actions", "Colleges and universities", "Connecticut State Colleges and Universities", "Contraceptives", "Controlled substances", "Criminal history records", "Drug abuse prevention", "Drug abuse treatment", "Education Department", "Emergency Medical Services", "Office of", "Emergency medical responders", "Epinephrine", "Examining boards", "Faculty", "Felonies", "Fines (Penalties)", "First aid", "Grants by the state", "Health care facilities", "Health care providers", "High schools", "Higher Education", "Office of", "Hospital emergency rooms", "Hospitals", "Infertility", "Interstate compacts", "Language", "Maternal and child health protection programs", "Medicaid", "Medical care", "Medical malpractice", "Medical records", "Mental Health and Addiction Services", "Department of", "Mental health services", "Mentally ill persons", "Middle schools", "Misdemeanors", "Noncompete agreements", "Nuclear medicine technologists", "Nurse's aides", "Nurses", "Opioid Settlement Fund", "Personal care assistance", "Physical therapists", "Physician assistants", "Physicians", "Podiatry", "Professional licenses", "Psychology and psychologists", "Public Health", "Department of", "Radiologic technicians", "Reciprocity", "Reports", "Respiratory care practitioners", "Rural areas", "Social Services", "Department of", "State funds", "State regulations", "specific", "Studies", "Task forces", "Tests", "University of Connecticut", "Water parks", "Workforce Strategy", "Office of", "Workforce development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Arnone, Tom", "Berthel, Eric C.", "Blumenthal, Matt", "Cabrera, Jorge", "Cicarella, Paul", "Cohen, Christine", "Conley, Christine", "Delany, Hubert D.", "Duff, Bob", "Elliott, Josh", "Fazio, Ryan", "Flexer, Mae", "Fonfara, John W.", "Gaston, Herron", "Gordon, Jeff", "Hochadel, Jan", "Kavros Degraw, Eleni", "Kelly, Kevin C.", "Kissel, John A.", "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", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Rochelle, Kara", "Sampson, Rob", "Slap, Derek", "Somers, Heather S.", "Steinberg, Jonathan", "Winfield, Gary A."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 40
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8dd91371-4e88-4187-ab65-37f2a9d7c112"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "e06b2644e19f2298f502f746fc817a0607abe520f5cacecda0eeeb20c5c75dc6"
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 9 (2023) — AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOR CONNECTICUT RESIDENTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **APP Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-00009-R03-SB.PDF)
2. **Committee Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-00009-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **File No. 507** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023SB-00009-R000507-FC.PDF)
4. **PH Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-00009-R02-SB.PDF)
5. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-00009-R00-SB.PDF)
6. **Public Act No. 23-97** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00097-R00SB-00009-PA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Arnone, Tom — primary (person)
- Berthel, Eric C. — primary (person)
- Blumenthal, Matt — primary (person)
- Cabrera, Jorge — primary (person)
- Cicarella, Paul — primary (person)
- Cohen, Christine — primary (person)
- Conley, Christine — primary (person)
- Delany, Hubert D. — primary (person)
- Duff, Bob — primary (person)
- Elliott, Josh — 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)
- Kavros Degraw, Eleni — primary (person)
- Kelly, Kevin C. — primary (person)
- Kissel, John A. — 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)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Rochelle, Kara — primary (person)
- Sampson, Rob — primary (person)
- Slap, Derek — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)
- Steinberg, Jonathan — 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 Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Vote to Draft
- **2023-03-14** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2023-03-15** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** PUBLIC HEARING 0322
- **2023-03-27** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-04-04** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/11/23 `referral`
- **2023-04-12** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-04-12** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 303
- **2023-04-12** FILE NO. 507
- **2023-05-03** REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ON Appropriations
- **2023-05-08** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-08** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-05-09** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-05-09** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations
- **2023-05-09** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-05-25** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-25** AMENDMENT WITHDRAWN, SENATE AMENDMENT SCH. B
- **2023-05-25** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. C `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-25** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A,C `passage`
- **2023-05-25** RULES SUSPENDED,TRANS.TO HOUSE
- **2023-05-26** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-05-26** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 598
- **2023-06-02** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-02** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. C `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-02** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-02** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A,C `passage`
- **2023-06-02** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-02** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2023-06-02** DISAGREEING ACTION,TABLED FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-05** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-05** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A,C `passage`
- **2023-06-05** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-05** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-12** PUBLIC ACT 23-97
- **2023-06-15** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-15** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-28** 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/8dd91371-4e88-4187-ab65-37f2a9d7c112`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).