---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT REQUIRING MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR FDA-APPROVED GENE THERAPIES TO TREAT SICKLE CELL DISEASE."
description: "AN ACT REQUIRING MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR FDA-APPROVED GENE THERAPIES TO TREAT SICKLE CELL DISEASE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1473"
citation: "Connecticut SB 1473 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medicaid", "Reports", "Sickle cell disease", "Social Services", "Department of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-06"
last_action: "2025-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8dc3e7b5-be53-4cf8-9b36-6efad0dd23e4"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "f65dd1012a997028c33d0f351f843784b9d5c946e2ec10397432d1daf52ded1a"
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 1473 (2025) — AN ACT REQUIRING MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR FDA-APPROVED GENE THERAPIES TO TREAT SICKLE CELL DISEASE.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 384** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FC/PDF/2025SB-01473-R000384-FC.PDF)
2. **HS Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/S/PDF/2025SB-01473-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 25-63** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/ACT/PA/PDF/2025PA-00063-R00SB-01473-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/S/PDF/2025SB-01473-R00-SB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-06** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07** PUBLIC HEARING 0311
- **2025-03-14** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2025-03-25** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/31/25 `referral`
- **2025-04-01** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2025-04-01** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-01** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 235
- **2025-04-01** FILE NO. 384
- **2025-05-01** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2025-05-02** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2025-05-02** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 526
- **2025-05-31** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2025-05-31** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2025-06-03** PUBLIC ACT 25-63
- **2025-06-09** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2025-06-09** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-23** 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/8dc3e7b5-be53-4cf8-9b36-6efad0dd23e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).