2025 Regular Session • Connecticut Legislature
HB06549: An Act Authorizing Hospitals To Install Devices On An Exterior Wall Of An Emergency Department To Facilitate The Voluntary Surrender Of Infants To Emergency Department Staff.
Legislative Summary
To prevent infant abandonment and provide a safe and legal option for parents in crisis to voluntarily surrender an infant to emergency department staff.
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Bill History
1/24/2025
Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(1/24/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Public Health(Joint Conference)
Sponsors
Republican: 26
Democrat: 4
Primary Sponsor

Anne Dauphinais
Republican
Co-Sponsors (29)
Trenee McGee
Democrat
Ben Mcgorty
Republican
Nicole Klarides-Ditria
Republican
Mark Anderson
Republican
Craig Fishbein
Republican
Gale Mastrofrancesco
Republican
Tami Zawistowski
Republican
Timothy Ackert
Republican
Mark DeCaprio
Republican
William Pizzuto
Republican
Brian Lanoue
Republican
Patrick Boyd
Democrat
Heather Bond Somers
Republican
Robert Sampson
Republican
Joseph Zullo
Republican
Tom O'Dea
Republican
Joe Hoxha
Republican
Donna Veach
Republican
Greg Howard
Republican
Vincent Candelora
Republican
Kathy Kennedy
Republican
Irene Haines
Republican
Tony Scott
Republican
Karen Reddington-Hughes
Republican
Anthony Nolan
Democrat
Tammy Nuccio
Republican
Minnie Gonzalez
Democrat
Henri Martin
Republican
Paul Cicarella
Republican