republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2023/sb-986.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT PROTECTING MATERNAL HEALTH."
description: "AN ACT PROTECTING MATERNAL HEALTH."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 986"
citation: "Connecticut SB 986 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Certificates and certification", "Childbirth", "Committees", "Early Childhood", "Office of", "Fees", "Governor's bills", "Health Strategy", "Office of", "Health care facilities", "Health care facilities certificate of need process", "Infant mortality", "Licenses", "Maternal and child health protection programs", "Maternity homes and hospitals", "Midwifery", "Nurses", "Public Health", "Department of", "Reports", "State regulations", "specific", "Studies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anwar, Saud", "Blumenthal, Matt", "Cheeseman, Holly H.", "Comey, Robin E.", "Conley, Christine", "Delany, Hubert D.", "Digiovancarlo, Michael", "Dillon, Patricia A.", "Farrar, Kate", "Fazio, Ryan", "Felipe, Antonio", "Foster, Jaime S.", "Gilchrest, Jillian", "Haines, Irene M.", "Hartley, Joan V.", "Hughes, Anne M.", "Hwang, Tony", "Johnson, Susan M.", "Kelly, Kevin C.", "Khan, Maryam", "Kissel, John A.", "Kushner, Julie", "Mccarthy Vahey, Cristin", "Mcgee, Trenee", "Michel, David", "Miller, Patricia Billie", "Napoli, Ronald A.", "Nolan, Anthony L.", "Nuccio, Tammy", "Parker, John-michael", "Porter, Robyn A.", "Somers, Heather S.", "Wilson, Derell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18939bc7-56a4-4144-acb2-17d7447d2e88"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "0922fab1f4887cf12f4d6717f66589900b52251e1083bebbfef72f4fb36a49da"
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 986 (2023) — AN ACT PROTECTING MATERNAL HEALTH.

## 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-00986-R02-SB.PDF)
2. **File No. 425** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023SB-00986-R000425-FC.PDF)
3. **Governor's Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-00986-R00-SB.PDF)
4. **PH Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-00986-R01-SB.PDF)
5. **Public Act No. 23-147** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00147-R00SB-00986-PA.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Anwar, Saud — primary (person)
- Blumenthal, Matt — primary (person)
- Cheeseman, Holly H. — primary (person)
- Comey, Robin E. — primary (person)
- Conley, Christine — primary (person)
- Delany, Hubert D. — primary (person)
- Digiovancarlo, Michael — primary (person)
- Dillon, Patricia A. — primary (person)
- Farrar, Kate — primary (person)
- Fazio, Ryan — primary (person)
- Felipe, Antonio — primary (person)
- Foster, Jaime S. — primary (person)
- Gilchrest, Jillian — primary (person)
- Haines, Irene M. — primary (person)
- Hartley, Joan V. — primary (person)
- Hughes, Anne M. — primary (person)
- Hwang, Tony — primary (person)
- Johnson, Susan M. — primary (person)
- Kelly, Kevin C. — primary (person)
- Khan, Maryam — primary (person)
- Kissel, John A. — primary (person)
- Kushner, Julie — primary (person)
- Mccarthy Vahey, Cristin — primary (person)
- Mcgee, Trenee — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Miller, Patricia Billie — primary (person)
- Napoli, Ronald A. — primary (person)
- Nolan, Anthony L. — primary (person)
- Nuccio, Tammy — primary (person)
- Parker, John-michael — primary (person)
- Porter, Robyn A. — primary (person)
- Somers, Heather S. — primary (person)
- Wilson, Derell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** PUBLIC HEARING 0313
- **2023-03-20** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** 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 238
- **2023-04-04** FILE NO. 425
- **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`
- **2023-06-01** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-01** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-01** RULES SUSPENDED,TRANS.TO HOUSE
- **2023-06-02** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-06-02** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 622
- **2023-06-06** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-06** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-06** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-15** PUBLIC ACT 23-147
- **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/18939bc7-56a4-4144-acb2-17d7447d2e88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).