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ConnecticutHB 068592025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND PUBLIC PROTECTION'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING FIREARM INFORMATION, SECURITY OFFICERS, FIREARM TRANSFERS AND SCHOOL SECURITY GRANTS AND THE FIRE MARSHAL TRAINING COUNCIL, THE COMMISSION ON FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL AND THE CODES AND STANDARDS COMMITTEE.
Sponsored By: Public Safety and Security Committee
Signed by Governor
Summary
To implement various recommendations of the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection concerning sexual assault evidence, records of cases of juvenile matters involving delinquency proceedings, information identifying seized or recovered firearms, security guards, firearm transfers and school security grants.
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8 provisions identified: 5 benefits, 1 costs, 2 mixed.
Bail released after firearm prosecution pauses
Beginning October 1, 2025, posted bail bonds automatically end and are released for qualifying firearm-transfer cases. The defendant must face charges under Connecticut's handgun or long-gun transfer law. Prosecution must also be suspended under the applicable law; a charge alone does not trigger release.
Inherited handguns escape monthly authorization limits
Beginning October 1, 2025, monthly authorization-number limits do not apply to specified handgun transfers after a death. The exemption covers transfers through a will or inheritance without a will. It also covers transfers to a trust, or from that trust to a beneficiary, upon the testator's or settlor's death. This exemption removes the monthly limit, not other transfer requirements.
Owners can recover stolen ammunition
Beginning October 1, 2025, agencies must return stolen ammunition seized or recovered with a firearm identified as stolen. The ammunition must also be identified as stolen, and its rightful owner must be legally allowed to possess it. Agencies can retain the ammunition when needed as evidence in a criminal prosecution.
Security officers avoid renewal fingerprint fees
Beginning October 1, 2025, security officer license renewers cannot be charged fingerprinting or fingerprint search fees for required background checks. The exemption covers required state and national criminal history checks. It does not remove the background-check requirement, and the provision does not state the savings amount.
Police must trace recovered firearms
Beginning October 1, 2025, Connecticut law enforcement must submit available identifying details about seized or recovered firearms for federal tracing. Agencies must use eTrace and allow information sharing through that system. They must also enter firearms identified as stolen or missing into the state's COLLECT law-enforcement system.
New paperwork rules for firearm transfers
Beginning October 1, 2025, handgun and long-gun transfers require a state transfer form and an authorization number before transfer. Recipients must be personally known to the transferor or show a driver's license, state ID, or valid passport. Long-gun recipients need state eligibility approval and a long-gun or handgun eligibility certificate, handgun carry permit, or retail firearm seller permit. Private parties lose the express option to have a dealer obtain their long-gun authorization number. Transferors give recipients copies and send copies to state and local authorities. Handgun reports are due within 48 hours; the supplied long-gun provisions conflict between 24-hour and 48-hour deadlines. Transferors keep records for at least five years; federal dealers keep them for at least 20 years or until closing.
Security officers face new weapon rules
Beginning October 1, 2025, security officers need a special permit for electronic defense weapons at work or traveling directly to or from work. They must complete approved initial training and annual refresher training, and employers must verify permits. License applicants planning to carry batons or pepper spray need training on lawful use and the manufacturer's instructions. The commissioner must waive applicable training when qualifying military or National Guard applicants prove equivalent military training. Licensed officers and others meeting the specified security-officer requirements gain a dangerous-weapons exception for less-lethal weapons during official duties only.
School security grants face updated rules
School security grant applicants must complete a uniform security assessment using state guidelines based on best practices. Local law enforcement must supervise the assessment. Applicants must also develop and regularly practice emergency plans with state or local first responders. Beginning July 1, 2025, communications-system projects can receive no more than $5 million in program bond proceeds. This replaces a $5 million minimum, allowing money to support other eligible projects while capping communications funding.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Public Safety and Security Committee
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 5/5/2025
APP Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable)
Yes: 40 • No: 10
House vote • 3/18/2025
House Roll Call Vote 282 AS AMENDED
Yes: 148 • No: 0
House vote • 3/18/2025
House Roll Call Vote 375 AS AMENDED
Yes: 149 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/18/2025
Senate Roll Call Vote 396
Yes: 36 • No: 0
House vote • 3/18/2025
PS Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute)
Yes: 29 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Signed by the Governor
6/30/2025legislatureTransmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor
6/27/2025legislatureTransmitted to the Secretary of State
6/27/2025legislaturePublic Act 25-157
6/23/2025legislatureIn Concurrence
6/4/2025legislatureHouse Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A
6/4/2025HouseHouse Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A
6/4/2025HouseHouse Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A
6/4/2025HousePotential Disagreeing Action, Tabled for the Calendar, House
6/4/2025HouseTransmitted Pursuant To Joint Rule 17
6/4/2025legislatureSenate Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A
6/4/2025SenateSenate Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A
6/4/2025SenateSenate Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A 10568
6/4/2025SenateSenate Adopted House Amendment Schedule A
6/4/2025SenateRules Suspended
6/4/2025legislatureSenate Calendar Number 588
6/3/2025SenateFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
6/3/2025SenateTransmitted Pursuant To Joint Rule 17
6/2/2025legislatureHouse Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A
6/2/2025HouseHouse Adopted House Amendment Schedule A 9341
6/2/2025HouseTabled for the Calendar, House
5/6/2025HouseNo New File by Committee on Appropriations
5/6/2025legislatureReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
5/6/2025legislatureFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
5/6/2025legislatureJoint Favorable
5/5/2025legislature
Bill Text
Public Act No. 25-157
6/2/2025
File No. 455
4/2/2025
APP Joint Favorable
3/18/2025
PS Joint Favorable Substitute
3/18/2025
Raised Bill
2/5/2025
APP Joint Fav. Rpt
APP Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable)
Bill Analysis For File Copy 455
Bill Analysis for HB-6859, as amended by House "A"
Fiscal Note For File Copy 455
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 10109 (Potential Cost)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 10568 (No Fiscal Impact)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 9341 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for HB-6859, As Amended by House "A" (LCO 9341)
House LCO Amendment #10109 (D)
House Roll Call Vote 282 AS AMENDED
House Roll Call Vote 375 AS AMENDED
House Schedule A LCO# 9341 (D)
PS Joint Fav. Rpt
PS Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute)
Senate Roll Call Vote 396
Senate Schedule A LCO# 10568 (D)
Summary for Public Act No. 25-157
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