---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FIREARM INDUSTRY RESPONSIBILITY ACT, FIREARMS PERMITS AND ELIGIBILITY CERTIFICATES AND SELF-DEFENSE."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FIREARM INDUSTRY RESPONSIBILITY ACT, FIREARMS PERMITS AND ELIGIBILITY CERTIFICATES AND SELF-DEFENSE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 7042"
citation: "Connecticut HB 7042 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advertising", "Civil actions", "Emergency Services and Public Protection", "Department of", "Fines (Penalties)", "Firearms dealers", "Firearms offenders", "Firearms offenses", "Firearms permits", "Firearms safety instructors", "Hunting", "Manufacturing establishments", "Misdemeanors", "Sales", "Self defense", "Violations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 21
first_action: "2025-02-20"
last_action: "2025-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/724f461f-f4cd-42d9-8f1b-d9eb4ad9104c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "e6257d2e41cf8895c67ccde52239a30bb651165e7f8ed75de54108bac38a30ab"
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 7042 (2025) — AN ACT CONCERNING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FIREARM INDUSTRY RESPONSIBILITY ACT, FIREARMS PERMITS AND ELIGIBILITY CERTIFICATES AND SELF-DEFENSE.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 766** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FC/PDF/2025HB-07042-R000766-FC.PDF)
2. **File No. 819** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FC/PDF/2025HB-07042-R000819-FC.PDF)
3. **JUD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-07042-R01-HB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 25-43** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/ACT/PA/PDF/2025PA-00043-R00HB-07042-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-07042-R00-HB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **11–25** (fail) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **11–25** (fail) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **11–25** (fail) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **11–25** (fail) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **100–46** (pass) · lower
- House Roll Call Vote — **46–100** (fail) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **11–25** (fail) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **12–24** (fail) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **11–25** (fail) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **11–25** (fail) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **11–25** (fail) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **12–24** (fail) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **11–25** (fail) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **11–25** (fail) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **25–11** (pass) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **11–25** (fail) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **11–25** (fail) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **11–25** (fail) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **11–25** (fail) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **11–25** (fail) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **12–24** (fail) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-20** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07** PUBLIC HEARING 0312
- **2025-04-07** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2025-04-17** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/23/25 `referral`
- **2025-04-24** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2025-04-24** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 479
- **2025-04-24** FILE NO. 766
- **2025-04-30** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-30** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-30** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2025-05-02** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-02** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 429
- **2025-05-02** FILE NO. 819
- **2025-05-29** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-29** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-29** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-29** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. C `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-29** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. D `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-29** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. E `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-29** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. F `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-29** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. G `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-29** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. H `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-29** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. I `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-29** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. J `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-29** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. K `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-29** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. L `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-29** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. M `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-29** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. N `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-29** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. O `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-29** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. P `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-29** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. Q `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-29** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. R `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-29** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2025-05-29** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2025-06-03** PUBLIC ACT 25-43
- **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/724f461f-f4cd-42d9-8f1b-d9eb4ad9104c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).