---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CHILD ADVOCATE."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CHILD ADVOCATE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1368"
citation: "Connecticut SB 1368 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Advocate", "Office of", "Child advocates", "Confidentiality", "Custody of children", "Guardian ad litem", "Hearings", "Notices", "Personal data", "Probate Court", "Records", "Reports", "Subpoenas"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-20"
last_action: "2025-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/026104b5-5208-4361-8e7c-98306f969af9"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "4cb387d51c930bf25ef04e5009d38c221ec22fc7968918a63e2e1357db7376f0"
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 1368 (2025) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CHILD ADVOCATE.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 175** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FC/PDF/2025SB-01368-R000175-FC.PDF)
2. **KID Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/S/PDF/2025SB-01368-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/S/PDF/2025SB-01368-R00-SB.PDF)
4. **Special Act No. 25-18** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/ACT/SA/PDF/2025SA-00018-R00SB-01368-SA.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **12–24** (fail) · upper
- 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 Substitute `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., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 141
- **2025-03-20** FILE NO. 175
- **2025-05-07** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-07** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-07** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2025-05-08** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2025-05-08** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 565
- **2025-06-03** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-03** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2025-06-03** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2025-06-16** SPECIAL ACT 25-18
- **2025-06-25** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2025-06-25** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-08** 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/026104b5-5208-4361-8e7c-98306f969af9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).