---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING RAILWAYS AND ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING RAILWAYS AND ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5425"
citation: "Connecticut HB 5425 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Protection Department", "Fees", "Heritage areas", "Liquor", "Liquor permits", "Permits", "Railroads", "Sales"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Henri Martin", "John A. Kissel", "John E. Piscopo", "Kenneth Gucker", "Norman Needleman", "Paul Cicarella", "Roland J. Lemar"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fcda765-4049-41e9-a2ed-6808a9bd184b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "8f5ec9b930960a3e96c0d893548e5f2a084b46f5495c820af07bbeae5475ea45"
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 5425 (2025) — AN ACT CONCERNING RAILWAYS AND ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-05425-R01-HB.PDF)
2. **File No. 300** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FC/PDF/2025HB-05425-R000300-FC.PDF)
3. **File No. 954** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FC/PDF/2025HB-05425-R000954-FC.PDF)
4. **GL Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-05425-R02-HB.PDF)
5. **Proposed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-05425-R00-HB.PDF)
6. **Public Act No. 25-40** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/ACT/PA/PDF/2025PA-00040-R00HB-05425-PA.PDF)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Henri Martin — primary (person)
- John A. Kissel — primary (person)
- John E. Piscopo — primary (person)
- Kenneth Gucker — primary (person)
- Norman Needleman — primary (person)
- Paul Cicarella — primary (person)
- Roland J. Lemar — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-17** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON General Law `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-03** Vote to Draft
- **2025-02-19** DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE
- **2025-02-20** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON General Law `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21** PUBLIC HEARING 0226
- **2025-03-12** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2025-03-21** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/26/25 `referral`
- **2025-03-27** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2025-03-27** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2025-03-27** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 202
- **2025-03-27** FILE NO. 300
- **2025-05-22** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-22** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2025-05-27** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 543
- **2025-05-27** FILE NO. 954
- **2025-05-29** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-29** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2025-05-29** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2025-06-03** PUBLIC ACT 25-40
- **2025-06-05** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2025-06-09** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-23** 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/3fcda765-4049-41e9-a2ed-6808a9bd184b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).