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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT PROHIBITING LIBRARIES FROM AGREEING TO CERTAIN TERMS IN ELECTRONIC BOOK AND DIGITAL AUDIOBOOK LICENSE AGREEMENTS OR CONTRACTS."
+description: "AN ACT PROHIBITING LIBRARIES FROM AGREEING TO CERTAIN TERMS IN ELECTRONIC BOOK AND DIGITAL AUDIOBOOK LICENSE AGREEMENTS OR CONTRACTS."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
+legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 1234"
+citation: "Connecticut SB 1234 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Connecticut State Library", "Contracts", "Electronic books", "Libraries", "Publishers"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2025-01-31"
+last_action: "2025-05-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfe397af-b553-4b83-88f6-06852a131f83"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
+source_hash: "240ffe41a3297b07b94ceb0a6cbde43358db4da3fd21e03d3ccaabf26fe75939"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ct"]
+---
+
+# Connecticut SB 1234 (2025) — AN ACT PROHIBITING LIBRARIES FROM AGREEING TO CERTAIN TERMS IN ELECTRONIC BOOK AND DIGITAL AUDIOBOOK LICENSE AGREEMENTS OR CONTRACTS.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **File No. 132** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FC/PDF/2025SB-01234-R000132-FC.PDF)
+2. **GAE Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/S/PDF/2025SB-01234-R01-SB.PDF)
+3. **Public Act No. 25-9** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/ACT/PA/PDF/2025PA-00009-R00SB-01234-PA.PDF)
+4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/S/PDF/2025SB-01234-R00-SB.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Roll Call Vote — **46–98** (fail) · lower
+- Senate Roll Call Vote — **35–1** (pass) · upper
+- Senate Roll Call Vote — **8–28** (fail) · upper
+- Senate Roll Call Vote — **31–5** (pass) · upper
+- House Roll Call Vote — **46–97** (fail) · lower
+- House Roll Call Vote — **48–97** (fail) · lower
+- House Roll Call Vote — **46–98** (fail) · lower
+- House Roll Call Vote — **106–38** (pass) · lower
+- House Roll Call Vote — **47–97** (fail) · lower
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-31** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-03** PUBLIC HEARING 0207
+- **2025-02-28** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-03** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
+- **2025-03-13** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/18/25 `referral`
+- **2025-03-19** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
+- **2025-03-19** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-19** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 121
+- **2025-03-19** FILE NO. 132
+- **2025-05-08** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-08** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-failure`
+- **2025-05-08** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
+- **2025-05-09** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-09** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 576
+- **2025-05-15** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-15** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-failure`
+- **2025-05-15** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-failure`
+- **2025-05-15** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. C `amendment-failure`
+- **2025-05-15** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. D `amendment-failure`
+- **2025-05-15** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. E `amendment-failure`
+- **2025-05-15** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
+- **2025-05-15** IN CONCURRENCE
+- **2025-05-22** PUBLIC ACT 25-9
+- **2025-05-27** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
+- **2025-05-27** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-29** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cfe397af-b553-4b83-88f6-06852a131f83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).
+