---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO DEVELOP UNIFORM STATUTORY DEFINITIONS OF \"FIRST RESPONDER\" AND \"ESSENTIAL WORKER\"."
description: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO DEVELOP UNIFORM STATUTORY DEFINITIONS OF \"FIRST RESPONDER\" AND \"ESSENTIAL WORKER\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 7053"
citation: "Connecticut HB 7053 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency medical responders", "Firefighters", "Police", "Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-20"
last_action: "2025-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e07f675b-c53f-40a8-9890-ad00fbfdc1db"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "57883a46ea0d43aa8b4b269f174bd70c80ebb5ec48ba317d96bd4cf2a1da78b9"
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 HB 7053 (2025) — AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO DEVELOP UNIFORM STATUTORY DEFINITIONS OF "FIRST RESPONDER" AND "ESSENTIAL WORKER".

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **File No. 463** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FC/PDF/2025HB-07053-R000463-FC.PDF)
2. **File No. 932** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FC/PDF/2025HB-07053-R000932-FC.PDF)
3. **PS Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-07053-R01-HB.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-07053-R00-HB.PDF)
5. **Special Act No. 25-24** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/ACT/SA/PDF/2025SA-00024-R00HB-07053-SA.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-02-20** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Safety and Security `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21** PUBLIC HEARING 0227
- **2025-03-18** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2025-03-27** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/01/25 `referral`
- **2025-04-02** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2025-04-02** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 293
- **2025-04-02** FILE NO. 463
- **2025-05-14** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-14** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2025-05-16** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-16** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 504
- **2025-05-16** FILE NO. 932
- **2025-06-04** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-04** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2025-06-04** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2025-06-16** SPECIAL ACT 25-24
- **2025-06-25** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2025-06-25** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-08** 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/e07f675b-c53f-40a8-9890-ad00fbfdc1db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).