republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2023/sb-1165.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING FINANCIAL LITERACY INSTRUCTION."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING FINANCIAL LITERACY INSTRUCTION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1165"
citation: "Connecticut SB 1165 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Financial literacy", "High school graduation", "School curriculum"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Arzeno, Hector", "Berger-girvalo, Aimee", "Berthel, Eric C.", "Butler, Larry B.", "Carpino, Christie M.", "Cheeseman, Holly H.", "Cicarella, Paul", "Conley, Christine", "Cooley, Francis", "Delany, Hubert D.", "Delnicki, Tom", "Denning, Keith", "Doucette, Jason", "Fazzino, Jonathan", "Felipe, Antonio", "Foncello, Martin", "Gaston, Herron", "Gibson, Bobby G.", "Hwang, Tony", "Kavros Degraw, Eleni", "Kissel, John A.", "Martin, Henri", "Miller, Patricia Billie", "Paris, Corey P.", "Pavalock-d'amato, Cara Christine", "Perillo, Jason", "Reyes, Geraldo C.", "Roberts, Kadeem", "Rochelle, Kara", "Sanchez, Robert", "Somers, Heather S.", "Stafstrom, Steven J.", "Turco, Gary A.", "Wilson, Derell", "Wood, Kerry S."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-02"
last_action: "2023-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ed236e7-c1ea-48ed-a3bd-c31481e88d62"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "e7314a2d864b00290d2651e3e903b1e966d5b2077da36c044db7096e349a9361"
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 1165 (2023) — AN ACT CONCERNING FINANCIAL LITERACY INSTRUCTION.

## 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-01165-R02-SB.PDF)
2. **ED Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-01165-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **File No. 257** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023SB-01165-R000257-FC.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 23-21** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00021-R00SB-01165-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-01165-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Arzeno, Hector — primary (person)
- Berger-girvalo, Aimee — primary (person)
- Berthel, Eric C. — primary (person)
- Butler, Larry B. — primary (person)
- Carpino, Christie M. — primary (person)
- Cheeseman, Holly H. — primary (person)
- Cicarella, Paul — primary (person)
- Conley, Christine — primary (person)
- Cooley, Francis — primary (person)
- Delany, Hubert D. — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Denning, Keith — primary (person)
- Doucette, Jason — primary (person)
- Fazzino, Jonathan — primary (person)
- Felipe, Antonio — primary (person)
- Foncello, Martin — primary (person)
- Gaston, Herron — primary (person)
- Gibson, Bobby G. — primary (person)
- Hwang, Tony — primary (person)
- Kavros Degraw, Eleni — primary (person)
- Kissel, John A. — primary (person)
- Martin, Henri — primary (person)
- Miller, Patricia Billie — primary (person)
- Paris, Corey P. — primary (person)
- Pavalock-d'amato, Cara Christine — primary (person)
- Perillo, Jason — primary (person)
- Reyes, Geraldo C. — primary (person)
- Roberts, Kadeem — primary (person)
- Rochelle, Kara — primary (person)
- Sanchez, Robert — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)
- Stafstrom, Steven J. — primary (person)
- Turco, Gary A. — primary (person)
- Wilson, Derell — primary (person)
- Wood, Kerry S. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-02** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** PUBLIC HEARING 0308
- **2023-03-10** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-03-21** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/27/23 `referral`
- **2023-03-28** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-03-28** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-28** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 182
- **2023-03-28** FILE NO. 257
- **2023-05-04** 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`
- **2023-05-09** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2023-05-09** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-09** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-05-10** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-05-10** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 513
- **2023-05-30** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-30** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-05-30** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-05** PUBLIC ACT 23-21
- **2023-06-06** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-06** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-07** 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/1ed236e7-c1ea-48ed-a3bd-c31481e88d62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).