---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF HANDCUFFS ON YOUNG CHILDREN."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF HANDCUFFS ON YOUNG CHILDREN."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1542"
citation: "Connecticut SB 1542 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Arrest", "Children", "Felonies", "Juvenile delinquents", "Juvenile probation", "Physical restraint", "Police", "Violations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-20"
last_action: "2025-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/060738a2-2af2-4695-843e-1ad539ec73e3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "abddb69fe684483f7d577a8dad98d0b7e4dd1cd694d4729494c9b8a2f16500e3"
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 1542 (2025) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF HANDCUFFS ON YOUNG CHILDREN.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 778** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FC/PDF/2025SB-01542-R000778-FC.PDF)
2. **JUD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/S/PDF/2025SB-01542-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 25-163** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/ACT/PA/PDF/2025PA-00163-R00SB-01542-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/S/PDF/2025SB-01542-R00-SB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **99–49** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-20** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** PUBLIC HEARING 0326
- **2025-04-10** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-11** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2025-04-21** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/28/25 `referral`
- **2025-04-28** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2025-04-28** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-28** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 411
- **2025-04-28** FILE NO. 778
- **2025-05-20** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2025-05-22** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2025-05-22** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 630
- **2025-06-03** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-03** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2025-06-03** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2025-06-03** DISAGREEING ACTION,TABLED FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-04** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-04** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2025-06-04** ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE
- **2025-06-23** PUBLIC ACT 25-163
- **2025-06-27** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2025-06-27** 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/060738a2-2af2-4695-843e-1ad539ec73e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).