---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE FALLEN HERO FUND AND PROVIDING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE TO SURVIVORS OF FIRST RESPONDERS WHO ARE KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE FALLEN HERO FUND AND PROVIDING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE TO SURVIVORS OF FIRST RESPONDERS WHO ARE KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1239"
citation: "Connecticut SB 1239 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Comptroller", "Death benefits", "Emergency medical responders", "Employers", "Firefighters", "Health insurance", "Police", "Reports", "State funds", "Survivors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c421704f-01c9-49bf-a8d8-920733b6a1ed"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "0e55c159cf411d5bc6d59f4e63aac8dfd8709146d14dc8c7b782b16313e0443e"
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 SB 1239 (2025) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE FALLEN HERO FUND AND PROVIDING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE TO SURVIVORS OF FIRST RESPONDERS WHO ARE KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

## Version chain

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

1. **APP Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/S/PDF/2025SB-01239-R02-SB.PDF)
2. **File No. 425** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FC/PDF/2025SB-01239-R000425-FC.PDF)
3. **PS Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/S/PDF/2025SB-01239-R01-SB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 25-61** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/ACT/PA/PDF/2025PA-00061-R00SB-01239-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/S/PDF/2025SB-01239-R00-SB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Safety and Security `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07** PUBLIC HEARING 0211
- **2025-03-18** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2025-03-27** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/01/25 `referral`
- **2025-04-02** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2025-04-02** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 247
- **2025-04-02** FILE NO. 425
- **2025-05-01** REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ON Appropriations
- **2025-05-05** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-06** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2025-05-07** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2025-05-07** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations
- **2025-05-07** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-15** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2025-05-16** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2025-05-16** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 616
- **2025-05-31** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2025-05-31** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2025-06-03** PUBLIC ACT 25-61
- **2025-06-09** 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/c421704f-01c9-49bf-a8d8-920733b6a1ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).