---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE STUDENT ENROLLMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, WATERBURY CAMPUS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE STUDENT ENROLLMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, WATERBURY CAMPUS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1259"
citation: "Connecticut SB 1259 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic and Community Development", "Department of", "Occupational training", "Reports", "Studies", "University of Connecticut", "Workforce development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9dd916ee-63a2-4a3e-828f-214a87358bad"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "b4ddb5154b524a5b081dd16f373ac95d1726f081bcaf8d010a27de52330a20f4"
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 1259 (2025) — AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE STUDENT ENROLLMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, WATERBURY CAMPUS.

## Version chain

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

1. **CE Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/S/PDF/2025SB-01259-R01-SB.PDF)
2. **File No. 332** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FC/PDF/2025SB-01259-R000332-FC.PDF)
3. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/S/PDF/2025SB-01259-R00-SB.PDF)
4. **Special Act No. 25-8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/ACT/SA/PDF/2025SA-00008-R00SB-01259-SA.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.

- **2025-02-06** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20** PUBLIC HEARING 0227
- **2025-03-13** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2025-03-24** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/31/25 `referral`
- **2025-03-31** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2025-03-31** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-31** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 206
- **2025-03-31** FILE NO. 332
- **2025-05-22** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-22** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2025-05-23** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2025-05-23** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 638
- **2025-05-31** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-31** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2025-05-31** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2025-06-03** SPECIAL ACT 25-8
- **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/9dd916ee-63a2-4a3e-828f-214a87358bad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).