---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING EMERGENCY GRANTS TO MUNICIPALITIES FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING EMERGENCY GRANTS TO MUNICIPALITIES FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 7163"
citation: "Connecticut HB 7163 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education Department", "Special education", "State grants to municipalities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-03-04"
last_action: "2025-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cff81b58-4b9c-48ac-94dc-a5153a4e2b68"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "926e252a8177bfbd9868d71be872dbf159dbdd416ee9a05c431fb75891a1f9f0"
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 7163 (2025) — AN ACT CONCERNING EMERGENCY GRANTS TO MUNICIPALITIES FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **New Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-07163-R00-HB.PDF)
2. **Special Act No. 25-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/ACT/SA/PDF/2025SA-00001-R00HB-07163-SA.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **26–7** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **47–98** (fail) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **10–23** (fail) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **12–23** (fail) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **117–29** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-04** EMERGENCY CERTIFICATION
- **2025-03-05** AMENDMENT WITHDRAWN HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A
- **2025-03-05** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-failure`
- **2025-03-05** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2025-03-05** RULES SUSPENDED, TRANSMITTED TO SENATE
- **2025-03-05** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-failure`
- **2025-03-05** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-failure`
- **2025-03-05** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2025-03-05** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2025-03-05** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE GOV.
- **2025-03-06** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR IN ORIGINAL `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-10** SPECIAL ACT 25-1
- **2025-04-01** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cff81b58-4b9c-48ac-94dc-a5153a4e2b68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).