---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT ADOPTING THE CONNECTICUT UNIFORM MEDIATION ACT."
description: "AN ACT ADOPTING THE CONNECTICUT UNIFORM MEDIATION ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 6971"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6971 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disclosure", "Mediation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-13"
last_action: "2025-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/158adf3f-1b07-41e6-9753-e1e60111a347"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "75f465ca3399475750183d73c42951f8f7865398e3c05fd297680e7a0e999e92"
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 6971 (2025) — AN ACT ADOPTING THE CONNECTICUT UNIFORM MEDIATION ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 802** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FC/PDF/2025HB-06971-R000802-FC.PDF)
2. **JUD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-06971-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 25-35** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/ACT/PA/PDF/2025PA-00035-R00HB-06971-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-06971-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-13** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** PUBLIC HEARING 0303
- **2025-04-10** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-11** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2025-04-22** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/28/25 `referral`
- **2025-04-29** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2025-04-29** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 502
- **2025-04-29** FILE NO. 802
- **2025-05-13** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2025-05-15** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-15** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 489
- **2025-05-28** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2025-05-28** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2025-06-03** PUBLIC ACT 25-35
- **2025-06-05** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2025-06-09** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-10** 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/158adf3f-1b07-41e6-9753-e1e60111a347`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).