# Connecticut HB 05605: AN ACT CONCERNING MINOR REVISIONS TO THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT.

Connecticut HB 05605, AN ACT CONCERNING MINOR REVISIONS TO THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Labor and Public Employees Committee; status signed, last action 2025-06-23 (Signed by the Governor) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Connecticut HB 05605
- State: Connecticut
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: AN ACT CONCERNING MINOR REVISIONS TO THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-21
- Last action: 2025-06-23, Signed by the Governor
- Sponsor: Labor and Public Employees Committee
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: labor and public employees
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 5 (203 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

To remove obsolete language from the Workers' Compensation Act.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- New medical fee rules for injured workers: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Connecticut removes one rule for setting workers’ compensation medical fees. Converting the fee schedule to Medicare’s service-value system no longer has to leave total payments unchanged. The separate annual limit on total medical-fee growth, tied to consumer inflation, rem…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Labor and Public Employees Committee

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-06 | Senate | Senate Roll Call Vote 309 | pass | 36 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-06 | House | House Roll Call Vote 86 | pass | 141 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-11 | House | LAB Vote Tally Sheet (Vote to Draft) | pass |   |   |   |
| 2025-02-11 | House | LAB Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable) | pass | 13 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-11 | House | LAB Vote Tally Sheet (Reserved for Subject Matter Public Hearing) | pass | 13 | 0 |   |

## Actions (22)

- 2025-06-23: Signed by the Governor (legislature)
- 2025-06-09: Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor (legislature)
- 2025-06-09: Transmitted to the Secretary of State (legislature)
- 2025-06-03: Public Act 25-50 (legislature)
- 2025-05-30: On Consent Calendar / In Concurrence (legislature)
- 2025-05-30: Senate Passed (Senate)
- 2025-05-12: Senate Calendar Number 452 (Senate)
- 2025-05-12: Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate (Senate)
- 2025-05-08: House Passed (House)
- 2025-04-03: File Number 502 (legislature)
- 2025-04-03: House Calendar Number 310 (House)
- 2025-04-03: Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House (House)
- 2025-04-03: Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office (legislature)
- 2025-03-28: Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/02/25 5:00 PM (legislature)
- 2025-03-20: Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office (legislature)
- 2025-03-20: Joint Favorable (legislature)
- 2025-03-19: Referred to Joint Committee on Labor and Public Employees (legislature)
- 2025-03-18: Drafted by Committee (legislature)
- 2025-03-06: Vote to Draft (legislature)
- 2025-02-14: Public Hearing 02/20 (legislature)
- 2025-02-11: Reserved for Subject Matter Public Hearing (legislature)
- 2025-01-21: Referred to Joint Committee on Labor and Public Employees (legislature)

## Bill text

- Public Act No. 25-50, 2025-06-03: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/ACT/PA/PDF/2025PA-00050-R00HB-05605-PA.PDF)
- File No. 502, 2025-04-03: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FC/PDF/2025HB-05605-R000502-FC.PDF)
- Committee Bill, 2025-03-20: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-05605-R01-HB.PDF)
- LAB Joint Favorable, 2025-03-20: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-05605-R02-HB.PDF)
- Proposed Bill, 2025-01-21: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-05605-R00-HB.PDF)
- Bill Analysis For File Copy 502: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/BA/PDF/2025HB-05605-R000502-BA.PDF)
- Fiscal Note For File Copy 502: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FN/PDF/2025HB-05605-R000502-FN.PDF)
- House Roll Call Vote 86: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/VOTE/H/PDF/2025HV-00086-R00HB05605-HV.PDF)
- LAB Joint Fav. Rpt: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/JFR/H/PDF/2025HB-05605-R00LAB-JFR.PDF)
- LAB Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TS/H/PDF/2025HB-05605-R00LAB-CV117-TS.PDF)
- LAB Vote Tally Sheet (Reserved for Subject Matter Public Hearing): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TS/H/PDF/2025HB-05605-R00LAB-CV46-TS.PDF)
- LAB Vote Tally Sheet (Vote to Draft): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TS/H/PDF/2025HB-05605-R00LAB-CV65-TS.PDF)
- Senate Roll Call Vote 309: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/VOTE/S/PDF/2025SV-00309-R00HB05605-SV.PDF)
- Summary for Public Act No. 25-50: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/SUM/PDF/2025SUM00050-R01HB-05605-SUM.PDF)

## Related bills

- HB 05013: AN ACT ADDING CERTAIN PLANTS TO THE INVASIVE PLANTS LIST. (signed)
- SB 01558: AN ACT CONCERNING INCOME TAXES IMPOSED BY OTHER JURISDICTIONS ON RESIDENTS OF THE STATE. (signed)
- SB 01396: AN ACT CONCERNING EARNED BUT UNPAID WAGE OR SALARY INCOME ADVANCES. (signed)
- SB 01187: AN ACT CONCERNING FORECLOSURE, ASSIGNMENT AND OTHER ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS FOR UNPAID SEWER ASSESSMENTS AND OTHER FEES AND CHARGES. (signed)
- HB 07236: AN ACT CONCERNING HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS. (signed)
- HB 07192: AN ACT IMPLEMENTING RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BIPARTISAN DRUG TASK FORCE. (signed)

## Sources
- [Public Act No. 25-50 (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/ACT/PA/PDF/2025PA-00050-R00HB-05605-PA.PDF)
- [File No. 502 (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FC/PDF/2025HB-05605-R000502-FC.PDF)
- [Committee Bill (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-05605-R01-HB.PDF)
- [LAB Joint Favorable (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-05605-R02-HB.PDF)
- [Proposed Bill (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-05605-R00-HB.PDF)
- [Bill Analysis For File Copy 502 (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/BA/PDF/2025HB-05605-R000502-BA.PDF)
- [Fiscal Note For File Copy 502 (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FN/PDF/2025HB-05605-R000502-FN.PDF)
- [House Roll Call Vote 86 (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/VOTE/H/PDF/2025HV-00086-R00HB05605-HV.PDF)
- [LAB Joint Fav. Rpt (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/JFR/H/PDF/2025HB-05605-R00LAB-JFR.PDF)
- [LAB Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TS/H/PDF/2025HB-05605-R00LAB-CV117-TS.PDF)
- [LAB Vote Tally Sheet (Reserved for Subject Matter Public Hearing) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TS/H/PDF/2025HB-05605-R00LAB-CV46-TS.PDF)
- [LAB Vote Tally Sheet (Vote to Draft) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TS/H/PDF/2025HB-05605-R00LAB-CV65-TS.PDF)
- [Senate Roll Call Vote 309 (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/VOTE/S/PDF/2025SV-00309-R00HB05605-SV.PDF)
- [Summary for Public Act No. 25-50 (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/SUM/PDF/2025SUM00050-R01HB-05605-SUM.PDF)

## Related
- [HB 05013: AN ACT ADDING CERTAIN PLANTS TO THE INVASIVE PLANTS LIST.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CT-HB05013-2025)
- [SB 01558: AN ACT CONCERNING INCOME TAXES IMPOSED BY OTHER JURISDICTIONS ON RESIDENTS OF T…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CT-SB01558-2025)
- [SB 01396: AN ACT CONCERNING EARNED BUT UNPAID WAGE OR SALARY INCOME ADVANCES.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CT-SB01396-2025)
- [SB 01187: AN ACT CONCERNING FORECLOSURE, ASSIGNMENT AND OTHER ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS FOR UNP…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CT-SB01187-2025)
- [HB 07236: AN ACT CONCERNING HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CT-HB07236-2025)
- [HB 07192: AN ACT IMPLEMENTING RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BIPARTISAN DRUG TASK FORCE.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CT-HB07192-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CT-HB05605-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).