2025 Regular SessionConnecticut Legislature

HB07204: An Act Concerning Lights On Vehicles, Penalties For Violations Of Certain Statutes, Stops And Searches, A Phlebotomy Program Study, Inspections Of Certain Vehicles, Traffic Safety Corridors And A Pilot Program To Equip Police Vehicles With Certain Devices.

Legislative Summary

To (1) permit certain first responders to use steady blue or red lights and wreckers to use steady blue lights when stationary, (2) modify penalties for violations of certain statutes relating to motor vehicles, (3) eliminate certain statutory provisions relating to cannabis and stops and searches, (4) study the feasibility of a permanent law enforcement phlebotomy program, (5) require safety inspections of vehicles used by law enforcement units, (6) establish a traffic safety corridor program, (7) establish a program to equip police vehicles with a device that is capable of launching a global positioning system onto another vehicle, and (8) modify statutory provisions concerning police officer review of certain recordings by substituting references to "use of force" with "incident".

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Bill History

3/6/2025
Referred to Joint Committee on Public Safety and Security
House of Representatives
3/7/2025
Public Hearing 03/11
House of Representatives
3/18/2025
Joint Favorable Substitute
House of Representatives
3/18/2025
Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
House of Representatives
3/27/2025
Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/01/25 5:00 PM
House of Representatives
4/2/2025
Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
House of Representatives
4/2/2025
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
House of Representatives
4/2/2025
House Calendar Number 306
House of Representatives
4/2/2025
File Number 476
House of Representatives
4/8/2025
Referred by House to Committee on Transportation
House of Representatives

Roll Call Votes

PS Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute)
3/18/2025
29
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(3/6/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Transportation(Joint Conference)

Documents

Comm Sub
Bill Text4/2/2025121.5 KB
Introduced
Bill Text3/5/2025132.3 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note4/2/202580.2 KB
Analysis
Analysis4/2/2025286.3 KB