HB 6859 Connecticut House · 2025 Regular Session

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.

HB 6859, now Public Act 25-157, implements recommendations from the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection regarding firearm information, security officer standards, firearm transfer processes, and school security grants. It requires new training standards for security officers, updates procedures for firearm transfers, and allocates funding for school safety improvements. The law directly affects security professionals, firearm purchasers, and schools receiving grants. Signed into law on June 30, 2025, it formalizes these policy changes without altering existing statutes.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Feb 5, 2025 Signed Jun 30, 2025
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What changed between versions

Raised Bill PS Joint Favorable Substitute · 4 edits
MODERATE
The bill was revised from a 'Raised Bill' to a 'Substitute Bill' following committee review, with substantive changes to how sexual assault evidence is handled and expanded access to juvenile records. The changes clarify evidence transfer procedures and add new categories of officials who can access juvenile records for criminal investigations.
Scope change
The bill's scope expanded to include additional law enforcement and prosecutorial officials who can access juvenile records for legitimate criminal investigations, and clarified evidence transfer procedures between health care facilities and law enforcement agencies.
REQUIREMENT

Evidence transfer procedures were clarified to specify that evidence must be transferred to the Division of Scientific Services within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, with additional language about maintaining evidence integrity.

ELIGIBILITY

New categories of officials were added who can access juvenile records, including law enforcement and prosecutorial officials conducting legitimate criminal investigations, and state or federal agencies involved in firearm transfers to minors.

TIMELINE

Evidence analysis timeline was maintained at sixty days after collection, but the transfer and analysis failure consequences were expanded to include three specific failure scenarios instead of two.

TECHNICAL

The bill header was changed from 'Raised Bill No. 6859' to 'Substitute Bill No. 6859' and page counts were adjusted from 41 to 40 pages, indicating the bill was amended during committee review.

Floor votes · Senate Jun 4, 2025 · House Jun 2, 2025

How they voted

360
Passed
Total votes 36
Jun 4, 2025
D Democratic25
25 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican11
11 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
35
Key actions
13
Committee
4
Amendments
4
Jun 30, 2025
Signed into law
SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
upper
Jun 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
upper
Jun 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
lower
Jun 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
lower
Jun 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
lower
Jun 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A
upper
Jun 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A
upper
Jun 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A
upper
Jun 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
lower
Jun 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
lower
May 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Joint Favorable
lower
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Appropriations
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Joint Favorable Substitute
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Safety and Security
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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