---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT REQUIRING THE POLICE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING COUNCIL TO DEVELOP AND PROMULGATE A MODEL POLICY REQUIRING THE USE OF A SEAT SAFETY BELT FOR ANY PERSON WHO IS BEING TRANSPORTED IN A MUNICIPAL POLICE VEHICLE."
description: "AN ACT REQUIRING THE POLICE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING COUNCIL TO DEVELOP AND PROMULGATE A MODEL POLICY REQUIRING THE USE OF A SEAT SAFETY BELT FOR ANY PERSON WHO IS BEING TRANSPORTED IN A MUNICIPAL POLICE VEHICLE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6873"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6873 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Police", "Police Officer Standards and Training Council", "Police departments", "Police misconduct", "Seat belts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blumenthal, Matt", "Delnicki, Tom", "Fishbein, Craig C.", "Hughes, Anne M."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49d13391-4f7e-4f31-846b-6790bc52888f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "2603eb9290678c7d25ffa7821cf100d8147fb0ac5820425560a8022ab055b845"
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 6873 (2023) — AN ACT REQUIRING THE POLICE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING COUNCIL TO DEVELOP AND PROMULGATE A MODEL POLICY REQUIRING THE USE OF A SEAT SAFETY BELT FOR ANY PERSON WHO IS BEING TRANSPORTED IN A MUNICIPAL POLICE VEHICLE.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 652** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-06873-R000652-FC.PDF)
2. **File No. 755** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-06873-R000755-FC.PDF)
3. **JUD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06873-R01-HB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 23-87** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00087-R00HB-06873-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06873-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Blumenthal, Matt — primary (person)
- Delnicki, Tom — primary (person)
- Fishbein, Craig C. — primary (person)
- Hughes, Anne M. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** PUBLIC HEARING 0313
- **2023-03-31** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-04-11** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/17/23 `referral`
- **2023-04-18** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-04-18** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 420
- **2023-04-18** FILE NO. 652
- **2023-05-04** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-04** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-05-08** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-05-08** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 462
- **2023-05-08** FILE NO. 755
- **2023-06-05** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-05** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-05** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-12** PUBLIC ACT 23-87
- **2023-06-15** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-15** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-26** 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/49d13391-4f7e-4f31-846b-6790bc52888f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).