republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2023/sb-998.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TAX ABATEMENT FOR CERTAIN CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND ADDRESSING HOUSING AFFORDABILITY FOR RESIDENTS IN THE STATE."
description: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TAX ABATEMENT FOR CERTAIN CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND ADDRESSING HOUSING AFFORDABILITY FOR RESIDENTS IN THE STATE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 998"
citation: "Connecticut SB 998 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Affordable housing", "Apprentices", "Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA)", "Conservation easements", "Court records", "Employees", "Fines (Penalties)", "Greenways", "Housing Trust Fund Program", "Housing authorities", "Housing development", "Housing for the homeless", "Housing rehabilitation", "Housing", "Department of", "Judicial Department", "Landlord and tenant", "Language", "Mortgage assistance", "Municipal powers", "Notices", "Ordinances", "Population", "Property tax abatement", "Property tax exemptions", "Real estate conveyance tax", "Rent", "Rental assistance programs", "Rental housing", "Reports", "Responsible Growth", "Office of", "School building projects", "Security deposits", "Sewerage systems", "State government", "State grants in lieu of taxes", "State regulations", "specific", "Studies", "Summary process", "Tax credits", "Tax incentives", "Trails", "Veterans", "Veterans' Affairs", "Department of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bumgardner, Aundre", "Dillon, Patricia A.", "Johnson, Susan M."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 48
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b72b64fe-af8f-4c78-bd34-10af914d698f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "759b4a8fd7f5cc19680c7950821fa1644e8c7bb74980064f988a09e00145ce87"
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 998 (2023) — AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TAX ABATEMENT FOR CERTAIN CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND ADDRESSING HOUSING AFFORDABILITY FOR RESIDENTS IN THE STATE.

## 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-00998-R02-SB.PDF)
2. **FIN Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-00998-R03-SB.PDF)
3. **File No. 427** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023SB-00998-R000427-FC.PDF)
4. **PD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-00998-R01-SB.PDF)
5. **Public Act No. 23-207** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00207-R00SB-00998-PA.PDF)
6. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-00998-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Bumgardner, Aundre — primary (person)
- Dillon, Patricia A. — primary (person)
- Johnson, Susan M. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Planning and Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** PUBLIC HEARING 0217
- **2023-03-19** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-03-28** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/03/23 `referral`
- **2023-04-04** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-04-04** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-04** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 240
- **2023-04-04** FILE NO. 427
- **2023-04-26** REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ON Appropriations
- **2023-05-01** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-05-02** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-05-02** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations
- **2023-05-02** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-05-09** REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ON Finance, Revenue and Bonding
- **2023-05-16** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-16** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-05-16** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-05-16** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Finance, Revenue and Bonding
- **2023-05-16** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-05-23** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-23** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-05-23** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2023-05-24** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 584
- **2023-06-02** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-02** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-02** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-02** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-02** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A,B `passage`
- **2023-06-02** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATE
- **2023-06-02** DISAGREEING ACTION,TABLED FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-07** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A,B `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-07** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-failure`
- **2023-06-07** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. C `amendment-failure`
- **2023-06-07** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. D `amendment-failure`
- **2023-06-07** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. E `amendment-failure`
- **2023-06-07** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. F `amendment-failure`
- **2023-06-07** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. G `amendment-failure`
- **2023-06-07** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. H `amendment-failure`
- **2023-06-07** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-07** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A,B `passage`
- **2023-06-07** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-27** PUBLIC ACT 23-207
- **2023-06-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-28** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-29** 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/b72b64fe-af8f-4c78-bd34-10af914d698f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).