---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CHANGING THE AUTHORIZED USE OF A PARCEL OF STATE LAND PREVIOUSLY CONVEYED TO THE TOWN OF NEWTOWN."
description: "AN ACT CHANGING THE AUTHORIZED USE OF A PARCEL OF STATE LAND PREVIOUSLY CONVEYED TO THE TOWN OF NEWTOWN."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1562"
citation: "Connecticut SB 1562 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Conveyances", "Deeds", "Newtown", "Open space lands", "Recreation areas"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-30"
last_action: "2025-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9808d2b0-1c34-4a7c-bf52-f074c904b789"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "dfc01cac177bd414e099ebc83124c295784f2b7498f95f72f7388d1332a3f62b"
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 1562 (2025) — AN ACT CHANGING THE AUTHORIZED USE OF A PARCEL OF STATE LAND PREVIOUSLY CONVEYED TO THE TOWN OF NEWTOWN.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 959** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FC/PDF/2025SB-01562-R000959-FC.PDF)
2. **GOS Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/S/PDF/2025SB-01562-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/S/PDF/2025SB-01562-R00-SB.PDF)
4. **Special Act No. 25-15** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/ACT/SA/PDF/2025SA-00015-R00SB-01562-SA.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-30** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Oversight `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-01** PUBLIC HEARING 0505
- **2025-05-15** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2025-05-19** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 05/27/25 `referral`
- **2025-05-27** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2025-05-27** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 544
- **2025-05-27** FILE NO. 959
- **2025-05-30** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2025-05-30** ON CONSENT CALENDAR
- **2025-05-30** RULES SUSPENDED,TRANS.TO HOUSE
- **2025-05-30** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2025-05-30** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 677
- **2025-06-03** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2025-06-03** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2025-06-11** SPECIAL ACT 25-15
- **2025-06-23** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2025-06-23** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-30** 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/9808d2b0-1c34-4a7c-bf52-f074c904b789`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).