---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT MAKING CHANGES TO THE FIREFIGHTERS CANCER RELIEF PROGRAM."
description: "AN ACT MAKING CHANGES TO THE FIREFIGHTERS CANCER RELIEF PROGRAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1426"
citation: "Connecticut SB 1426 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cancer", "Compensation", "Firefighters", "Municipalities", "Occupational diseases", "Workers' compensation administrative law judges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-27"
last_action: "2025-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c98c7dbb-d7a8-4a38-9014-8ef3f463cd3c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "fde273443e62478c943cec8009bd6231689f7ea48c525f8149652ac49187b590"
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 1426 (2025) — AN ACT MAKING CHANGES TO THE FIREFIGHTERS CANCER RELIEF PROGRAM.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 176** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FC/PDF/2025SB-01426-R000176-FC.PDF)
2. **LAB Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/S/PDF/2025SB-01426-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 25-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/ACT/PA/PDF/2025PA-00004-R00SB-01426-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/S/PDF/2025SB-01426-R00-SB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-27** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Labor and Public Employees `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** PUBLIC HEARING 0304
- **2025-03-06** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-07** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2025-03-14** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/19/25 `referral`
- **2025-03-20** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2025-03-20** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 140
- **2025-03-20** FILE NO. 176
- **2025-04-30** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2025-05-01** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 521
- **2025-05-07** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2025-05-07** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2025-05-07** RULES SUSPENDED, TRANSMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR
- **2025-05-08** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR IN ORIGINAL `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14** PUBLIC ACT 25-4
- **2025-05-15** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c98c7dbb-d7a8-4a38-9014-8ef3f463cd3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).