---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING FOSTER CARE MAINTENANCE PAYMENTS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING FOSTER CARE MAINTENANCE PAYMENTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 7043"
citation: "Connecticut HB 7043 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Families", "Department of", "Foster care", "Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-20"
last_action: "2025-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8861803f-b796-413f-b223-2e71fe7c26c9"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "9335a8e02936287de6e51ebecd010dfa032af32ce092cbf61459b6ed36bc2d55"
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 7043 (2025) — AN ACT CONCERNING FOSTER CARE MAINTENANCE PAYMENTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 161** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FC/PDF/2025HB-07043-R000161-FC.PDF)
2. **KID Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-07043-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-07043-R00-HB.PDF)
4. **Special Act No. 25-6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/ACT/SA/PDF/2025SA-00006-R00HB-07043-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.

- **2025-02-20** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Committee on Children `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21** PUBLIC HEARING 0227
- **2025-03-06** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2025-03-14** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/19/25 `referral`
- **2025-03-20** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2025-03-20** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 133
- **2025-03-20** FILE NO. 161
- **2025-05-14** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2025-05-16** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-16** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 507
- **2025-05-22** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2025-05-22** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2025-05-30** SPECIAL ACT 25-6
- **2025-06-04** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2025-06-04** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-09** 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/8861803f-b796-413f-b223-2e71fe7c26c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).