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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE CRIME OF HARMFUL COMMUNICATION WITH A MINOR."
description: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE CRIME OF HARMFUL COMMUNICATION WITH A MINOR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6737"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6737 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Age", "Children", "Computer crimes", "Crimes against children", "Criminal law", "Misdemeanors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berthel, Eric C.", "Bronko, Seth", "Callahan, Patrick E.", "Candelaria, Juan R.", "Carney, Devin R.", "Carpino, Christie M.", "Cheeseman, Holly H.", "Delany, Hubert D.", "Delnicki, Tom", "Fazio, Ryan", "Fishbein, Craig C.", "Foncello, Martin", "Gibson, Bobby G.", "Gordon, Jeff", "Hwang, Tony", "Kavros Degraw, Eleni", "Kissel, John A.", "Labriola, David K.", "Linehan, Liz", "Marra, Tracy", "Nuccio, Tammy", "Perillo, Jason", "Piscopo, John E.", "Pizzuto, William", "Rutigliano, David", "Sampson, Rob", "Scott, Tony J", "Seminara, Lisa", "Veach, Donna", "Weir, Steve", "Welander, Mary", "Zawistowski, Tami"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-22"
last_action: "2023-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12eceaeb-df78-4ac3-bedb-138f2774d72a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "885369ca403d159bf4cf0e34ce0d885ecafbc81f90aa62fe6d2889a16c43198a"
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 6737 (2023) — AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE CRIME OF HARMFUL COMMUNICATION WITH A MINOR.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **File No. 583** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-06737-R000583-FC.PDF)
2. **File No. 846** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-06737-R000846-FC.PDF)
3. **JUD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06737-R01-HB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 23-123** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00123-R00HB-06737-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06737-R00-HB.PDF)
## Sponsors
- Berthel, Eric C. — primary (person)
- Bronko, Seth — primary (person)
- Callahan, Patrick E. — primary (person)
- Candelaria, Juan R. — primary (person)
- Carney, Devin R. — primary (person)
- Carpino, Christie M. — primary (person)
- Cheeseman, Holly H. — primary (person)
- Delany, Hubert D. — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Fazio, Ryan — primary (person)
- Fishbein, Craig C. — primary (person)
- Foncello, Martin — primary (person)
- Gibson, Bobby G. — primary (person)
- Gordon, Jeff — primary (person)
- Hwang, Tony — primary (person)
- Kavros Degraw, Eleni — primary (person)
- Kissel, John A. — primary (person)
- Labriola, David K. — primary (person)
- Linehan, Liz — primary (person)
- Marra, Tracy — primary (person)
- Nuccio, Tammy — primary (person)
- Perillo, Jason — primary (person)
- Piscopo, John E. — primary (person)
- Pizzuto, William — primary (person)
- Rutigliano, David — primary (person)
- Sampson, Rob — primary (person)
- Scott, Tony J — primary (person)
- Seminara, Lisa — primary (person)
- Veach, Donna — primary (person)
- Weir, Steve — primary (person)
- Welander, Mary — primary (person)
- Zawistowski, Tami — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-22** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** PUBLIC HEARING 0308
- **2023-03-27** Joint Favorable `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 354
- **2023-04-13** FILE NO. 583
- **2023-05-30** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-30** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-01** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-01** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 579
- **2023-06-01** FILE NO. 846
- **2023-06-06** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-06** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-06** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-15** PUBLIC ACT 23-123
- **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/12eceaeb-df78-4ac3-bedb-138f2774d72a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).