# Connecticut HB 07066: AN ACT CONCERNING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SCHOOL PERSONNEL AND IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES, THE PURCHASE AND OPERATION OF CERTAIN DRONES, GRANTS TO CERTAIN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AND STUDENT ATHLETE COMPENSATION THROUGH ENDORSEMENT CONTRACTS AND REVENUE SHARING AGREEMENTS.

Connecticut HB 07066, AN ACT CONCERNING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SCHOOL PERSONNEL AND IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES, THE PURCHASE AND OPERATION OF CERTAIN DRONES, GRANTS TO CERTAIN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AND STUDENT ATHLETE COMPENSATION THROUGH ENDORSEMENT CONTRACTS AND REVENUE SHARING AGREEMENTS., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Matthew Ritter (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-03-12 (Public Act 25-1); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Connecticut HB 07066
- State: Connecticut
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: AN ACT CONCERNING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SCHOOL PERSONNEL AND IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES, THE PURCHASE AND OPERATION OF CERTAIN DRONES, GRANTS TO CERTAIN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AND STUDENT ATHLETE COMPENSATION THROUGH ENDORSEMENT CONTRACTS AND REVENUE SHARING AGREEMENTS.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-23
- Last action: 2025-03-12, Public Act 25-1
- Sponsor: Matthew Ritter (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 6 (0 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 8

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- College athletes gain pay records privacy: benefit, low. Since March 3, 2025, Connecticut public colleges’ records of athletes’ covered compensation are exempt from public-records disclosure. This covers endorsement, employment, and revenue-sharing income under the law. A college can disclose these records with the athlete’s written consent for each disc…
- Schools set safeguards for immigration contacts: benefit, low. Covered Connecticut schools must name an administrator for federal immigration contacts by April 1, 2025. School safety plans must include immigration-contact rules for the 2024–25 school year, following state guidance dated January 28, 2025. These rules cover checking officers’ identities, request…
- Aircraft operators face new weapons ban: cost, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, people cannot equip aircraft or drones with weapons, dangerous instruments, firearms, ammunition, explosives, or incendiary devices. U.S. and Connecticut armed-forces members performing official duties are exempt. Police, firefighters, and emergency management directors h…
- Drone pilots face critical site limits: cost, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, drone flights need owner or administrator approval below 250 feet over covered critical sites or within 100 horizontal feet. Approval is also required for flights inside limited-access highway tunnels and for drone surveillance or information gathering about covered sites…
- Government buyers face foreign drone bans: cost, low. Connecticut’s emergency services department cannot buy covered foreign-made small drones beginning October 1, 2025, or operate them beginning October 1, 2027. Broader purchase bans begin October 1, 2026; broader operating bans begin October 1, 2028. These cover state agencies, municipalities, their…
- Parent committee members face records limits: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, parent and guardian members of school safety committees face limits on access to committee information. They cannot access information when doing so would violate the federal student-record privacy law, FERPA. This restriction does not block access to other committee informa…
- Colleges cannot use state athlete funding: cost, low. Since March 3, 2025, Connecticut colleges cannot use state funds appropriated to them to pay athletes through endorsement or revenue-sharing agreements. The restriction does not ban payments from other sources.
- College athletes gain paid deal options: mixed, medium. Since March 3, 2025, Connecticut college athletes can make endorsement or revenue-sharing deals directly with their school or its partners. Schools must allow these deals through written policies, and athletes must follow those policies. Coverage includes people who have agreed both to attend the c…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Matthew Ritter (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-02-24 | Senate | Senate Roll Call Vote 38 | pass |   |   |   |
| 2025-02-24 | Senate | Senate Roll Call Vote 37 | pass |   |   |   |
| 2025-02-24 | House | House Roll Call Vote 26 HOUSE AMD B | pass |   |   |   |
| 2025-02-24 | Senate | Senate Roll Call Vote 36 | pass |   |   |   |
| 2025-02-24 | House | House Roll Call Vote 27 EMERGENCY CERTIFICATION | pass |   |   |   |
| 2025-02-24 | House | House Roll Call Vote 25 HOUSE AMD A | pass |   |   |   |

## Actions (15)

- 2025-03-12: Public Act 25-1 (legislature)
- 2025-03-03: Line Item Vetoed by the Governor, Section(s): 9, 10, 11 (legislature)
- 2025-03-03: Signed by Governor in Original (legislature)
- 2025-02-25: Rules Suspended, Transmitted to the Governor (legislature)
- 2025-02-25: In Concurrence (legislature)
- 2025-02-25: Senate Passed (Senate)
- 2025-02-25: Senate Reconsidered (Senate)
- 2025-02-25: Senate Passed (Senate)
- 2025-02-25: Senate Rejected Senate Amendment Schedule B 5485 (Senate)
- 2025-02-25: Senate Rejected Senate Amendment Schedule A 5493 (Senate)
- 2025-02-24: Rules Suspended, Transmitted to the Senate (Senate)
- 2025-02-24: House Passed (House)
- 2025-02-24: House Rejected House Amendment Schedule B 5432 (House)
- 2025-02-24: House Rejected House Amendment Schedule A 5424 (House)
- 2025-02-23: Emergency Certification (legislature)

## Bill text

- Public Act No. 25-1, 2025-02-24: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/ACT/PA/PDF/2025PA-00001-R00HB-07066-PA.PDF)
- New Bill, 2025-02-23: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-07066-R00-HB.PDF)
- Bill Analysis for HB-7066: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/BA/PDF/2025HB-07066-R00-BA.PDF)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 5424 (No Fiscal Impact): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/fna/pdf/2025HB-07066-R00LCO05424-FNA.pdf)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 5432 (No Fiscal Impact): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/fna/pdf/2025HB-07066-R00LCO05432-FNA.pdf)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 5459 (No Fiscal Impact): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/fna/pdf/2025HB-07066-R00LCO05459-FNA.PDF)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 5478 (No Fiscal Impact): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/fna/pdf/2025HB-07066-R00LCO05478-FNA.pdf)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 5483 (See Fiscal Note Details): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/fna/pdf/2025HB-07066-R00LCO05483-FNA.PDF)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 5485 (See Fiscal Note Details): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/fna/pdf/2025HB-07066-R00LCO05485-FNA.PDF)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 5493 (No Fiscal Impact): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/fna/pdf/2025HB-07066-R00LCO05493-FNA.pdf)
- Fiscal Note for HB-7066: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FN/PDF/2025HB-07066-R00-FN.PDF)
- House Roll Call Vote 25 HOUSE AMD A: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/VOTE/H/PDF/2025HV-00025-R00HB07066-HV.PDF)
- House Roll Call Vote 26 HOUSE AMD B: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/VOTE/H/PDF/2025HV-00026-R00HB07066-HV.PDF)
- House Roll Call Vote 27 EMERGENCY CERTIFICATION: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/VOTE/H/PDF/2025HV-00027-R00HB07066-HV.PDF)
- House Schedule A LCO# 5424 (R): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/amd/H/pdf/2025HB-07066-R00HA-AMD.pdf)
- House Schedule B LCO# 5432 (R): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/amd/H/pdf/2025HB-07066-R00HB-AMD.pdf)
- Senate LCO Amendment #5459 (R): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/lcoamd/pdf/2025LCO05459-R00-AMD.pdf)
- Senate LCO Amendment #5478 (R): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/lcoamd/pdf/2025LCO05478-R00-AMD.pdf)
- Senate LCO Amendment #5483 (R): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/lcoamd/pdf/2025LCO05483-R00-AMD.pdf)
- Senate Roll Call Vote 36: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/VOTE/S/PDF/2025SV-00036-R00HB07066-SV.PDF)
- Senate Roll Call Vote 37: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/VOTE/S/PDF/2025SV-00037-R00HB07066-SV.PDF)
- Senate Roll Call Vote 38: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/VOTE/S/PDF/2025SV-00038-R00HB07066-SV.PDF)
- Senate Schedule A LCO# 5493 (R): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/amd/H/pdf/2025HB-07066-R00SA-AMD.pdf)
- Senate Schedule B LCO# 5485 (R): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/amd/H/pdf/2025HB-07066-R00SB-AMD.pdf)
- Summary for Public Act No. 25-1: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/SUM/PDF/2025SUM00001-R01HB-07066-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. 25-1 (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/ACT/PA/PDF/2025PA-00001-R00HB-07066-PA.PDF)
- [New Bill (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-07066-R00-HB.PDF)
- [Bill Analysis for HB-7066 (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/BA/PDF/2025HB-07066-R00-BA.PDF)
- [Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 5424 (No Fiscal Impact) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/fna/pdf/2025HB-07066-R00LCO05424-FNA.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 5432 (No Fiscal Impact) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/fna/pdf/2025HB-07066-R00LCO05432-FNA.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 5459 (No Fiscal Impact) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/fna/pdf/2025HB-07066-R00LCO05459-FNA.PDF)
- [Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 5478 (No Fiscal Impact) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/fna/pdf/2025HB-07066-R00LCO05478-FNA.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 5483 (See Fiscal Note Details) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/fna/pdf/2025HB-07066-R00LCO05483-FNA.PDF)
- [Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 5485 (See Fiscal Note Details) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/fna/pdf/2025HB-07066-R00LCO05485-FNA.PDF)
- [Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 5493 (No Fiscal Impact) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/fna/pdf/2025HB-07066-R00LCO05493-FNA.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note for HB-7066 (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FN/PDF/2025HB-07066-R00-FN.PDF)
- [House Roll Call Vote 25 HOUSE AMD A (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/VOTE/H/PDF/2025HV-00025-R00HB07066-HV.PDF)
- [House Roll Call Vote 26 HOUSE AMD B (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/VOTE/H/PDF/2025HV-00026-R00HB07066-HV.PDF)
- [House Roll Call Vote 27 EMERGENCY CERTIFICATION (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/VOTE/H/PDF/2025HV-00027-R00HB07066-HV.PDF)
- [House Schedule A LCO# 5424 (R) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/amd/H/pdf/2025HB-07066-R00HA-AMD.pdf)
- [House Schedule B LCO# 5432 (R) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/amd/H/pdf/2025HB-07066-R00HB-AMD.pdf)
- [Senate LCO Amendment #5459 (R) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/lcoamd/pdf/2025LCO05459-R00-AMD.pdf)
- [Senate LCO Amendment #5478 (R) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/lcoamd/pdf/2025LCO05478-R00-AMD.pdf)
- [Senate LCO Amendment #5483 (R) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/lcoamd/pdf/2025LCO05483-R00-AMD.pdf)
- [Senate Roll Call Vote 36 (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/VOTE/S/PDF/2025SV-00036-R00HB07066-SV.PDF)
- [Senate Roll Call Vote 37 (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/VOTE/S/PDF/2025SV-00037-R00HB07066-SV.PDF)
- [Senate Roll Call Vote 38 (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/VOTE/S/PDF/2025SV-00038-R00HB07066-SV.PDF)
- [Senate Schedule A LCO# 5493 (R) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/amd/H/pdf/2025HB-07066-R00SA-AMD.pdf)
- [Senate Schedule B LCO# 5485 (R) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/amd/H/pdf/2025HB-07066-R00SB-AMD.pdf)
- [Summary for Public Act No. 25-1 (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/SUM/PDF/2025SUM00001-R01HB-07066-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-HB07066-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).