Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on April 7, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 1243
AN ACT CONCERNING BUS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR VETERANS AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To provide fare-free bus public transportation services for high school students, veterans and low-income passengers.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
7 co-sponsors
Patricia Billie Miller, Saud Anwar, Derek Slap, Ceci Maher, Rick Lopes, Gary A. Winfield, Paul Honig
In the House of Representatives
20 co-sponsors
Jonathan Jacobson, Joshua M. Hall, Eilish Collins Main, Jason Doucette, Geraldo C. Reyes Jr., Steven Winter, Aundre Bumgardner, Jennifer Leeper, Hector Arzeno, Anne M. Hughes, Frank Smith, Laurie Sweet, James Sanchez, Matt Blumenthal, Hubert D. Delany, Kenneth Gucker, Michael "MJ" Shannon Jr., Travis Simms, Daniel Gaiewski, Kevin Brown
Its course
February 5 to April 7, 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 action9 actions on 6 days
In the SenateFeb 5 to Apr 7 · stopped61 days
Transportation CommitteeFeb 5 to Mar 1942 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the General Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
Mar 19
Who voted how
Yea Aimee Berger-Girvalo, Amy Morrin Bello, Catherine A. Osten, Christine Cohen, Christopher Rosario, Cristin McCarthy Vahey, Devin R. Carney, Eilish Collins Main, Frank Smith, Gary A. Turco Jr., Geraldo C. Reyes Jr., Hector Arzeno, Henri Martin, Jonathan Fazzino, Jonathan Jacobson, Jorge Cabrera, Joshua M. Hall, Julio A. Concepcion, Kate Farrar, Kathy Kennedy, Marcus Brown, Matt Blumenthal, Norman Needleman, Rick Lopes, Ryan Fazio, Seth Bronko, Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox, Tom O'Dea, Tony Hwang, Tracy Marra
Nay Carol Hall, Mark W. Anderson, Patrick E. Callahan, Tami Zawistowski
Not voting Travis Simms
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the Senate Feb 5 – Mar 19
- Feb 5Introduced and sent to Transportation Committee
- Feb 6Heard in Transportation Committee
- Mar 19Transportation Committee recommended a substitute for it
All 9 actions, as published
- Feb 5REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Feb 6PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
- Mar 19Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
- Mar 21FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
- Mar 31REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
- Apr 7RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
- Apr 7FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
- Apr 7SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
- Apr 7FILE NO.Both houses