---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING FIREARM PERMITS AND TRANSFERS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING FIREARM PERMITS AND TRANSFERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 7056"
citation: "Connecticut HB 7056 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency Services and Public Protection", "Department of", "Fines (Penalties)", "Firearms dealers", "Firearms offenders", "Firearms permits", "Misdemeanors", "Native Americans", "Retail trade", "Sales", "Security personnel", "Violations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-20"
last_action: "2025-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7177654a-1393-4200-b869-a6ad5252173d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "69786e5fa182e16637e047ba4a96a85352fb8d729fe26d9e5bb041b153e9a5a4"
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 7056 (2025) — AN ACT CONCERNING FIREARM PERMITS AND TRANSFERS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 464** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FC/PDF/2025HB-07056-R000464-FC.PDF)
2. **PS Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-07056-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 25-18** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/ACT/PA/PDF/2025PA-00018-R00HB-07056-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-07056-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **144–3** (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 294
- **2025-04-02** FILE NO. 464
- **2025-05-14** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2025-05-16** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-16** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 505
- **2025-05-22** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2025-05-22** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2025-05-30** PUBLIC ACT 25-18
- **2025-06-03** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2025-06-03** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-09** 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/7177654a-1393-4200-b869-a6ad5252173d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).