l9n/ Connecticut

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 7204

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.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Transportation Committee on April 8, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

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".

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

13 co-sponsors

Jill Barry, Christopher Poulos, Irene M. Haines, John Santanella, Michael D. Quinn, Hector Arzeno, Patrick S. Boyd, Kerry S. Wood, Ronald A. Napoli Jr., Joseph P. Gresko, Savet Constantine, William Heffernan, Mary M. Mushinsky

Its course

March 6 to April 8, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action10 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesMar 6 to Apr 8 · stopped33 days

Public Safety and Security CommitteeMar 6 to Mar 1812 days

Transportation CommitteeApr 8 to Apr 8 · stopped0 days

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Mar 6 – Apr 8

  1. Mar 6Introduced and sent to Public Safety and Security Committee
  2. Mar 7Heard in Public Safety and Security Committee
  3. Mar 18Public Safety and Security Committee recommended a substitute for it
  4. Apr 8Sent to Transportation Committee
All 10 actions, as published
  1. Mar 6REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  2. Mar 7PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
  3. Mar 18Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
  4. Mar 18FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  5. Mar 27REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
  6. Apr 2RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  7. Apr 2FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
  8. Apr 2HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
  9. Apr 2FILE NO.Both houses
  10. Apr 8REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ONHouse of Representatives