---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY ON PRESETTLEMENT LEGAL FUNDING AND LOANS MADE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ANTICIPATED RECEIPT OF A WRONGFUL INCARCERATION AWARD."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY ON PRESETTLEMENT LEGAL FUNDING AND LOANS MADE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ANTICIPATED RECEIPT OF A WRONGFUL INCARCERATION AWARD."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1544"
citation: "Connecticut SB 1544 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Banking Department", "Complaint", "Consumer protection", "Reports", "Studies", "Wrongful convictions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-21"
last_action: "2025-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aaaf0ba5-73a8-462d-bcdf-ff4a7e3d6c89"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "4b5ed5a423577a44421c1fdcfbbf1d96cf6ad6d854f9e5c0d54e80ca3e7612f2"
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 1544 (2025) — AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY ON PRESETTLEMENT LEGAL FUNDING AND LOANS MADE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ANTICIPATED RECEIPT OF A WRONGFUL INCARCERATION AWARD.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 745** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FC/PDF/2025SB-01544-R000745-FC.PDF)
2. **JUD Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/S/PDF/2025SB-01544-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/S/PDF/2025SB-01544-R00-SB.PDF)
4. **Special Act No. 25-20** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/ACT/SA/PDF/2025SA-00020-R00SB-01544-SA.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-21** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** PUBLIC HEARING 0328
- **2025-04-04** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2025-04-15** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/22/25 `referral`
- **2025-04-23** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2025-04-23** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-23** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 398
- **2025-04-23** FILE NO. 745
- **2025-05-07** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2025-05-08** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2025-05-08** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 569
- **2025-06-04** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2025-06-04** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2025-06-16** SPECIAL ACT 25-20
- **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/aaaf0ba5-73a8-462d-bcdf-ff4a7e3d6c89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).