---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING FIREARMS AND STREET TAKEOVERS."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING FIREARMS AND STREET TAKEOVERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6895"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6895 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal law", "Felonies", "Firearms", "Misdemeanors", "Motor vehicle racing", "Reports", "Studies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bolinsky, Mitch", "Kavros Degraw, Eleni", "Martin, Henri", "Nuccio, Tammy", "Sampson, Rob", "Simms, Travis", "Veach, Donna", "Weir, Steve", "Zawistowski, Tami"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-14"
last_action: "2023-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49415c69-58e4-42d5-ac35-7c5600c681eb"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "7a45b668d4ba7cac6f3005f4b391a31009ae7ceb94d3d1a037ab7b550854b90e"
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 HB 6895 (2023) — AN ACT CONCERNING FIREARMS AND STREET TAKEOVERS.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 655** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023HB-06895-R000655-FC.PDF)
2. **JUD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06895-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 23-203** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00203-R00HB-06895-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06895-R00-HB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Bolinsky, Mitch — primary (person)
- Kavros Degraw, Eleni — primary (person)
- Martin, Henri — primary (person)
- Nuccio, Tammy — primary (person)
- Sampson, Rob — primary (person)
- Simms, Travis — primary (person)
- Veach, Donna — primary (person)
- Weir, Steve — primary (person)
- Zawistowski, Tami — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-14** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** PUBLIC HEARING 0322
- **2023-03-31** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-04-11** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/17/23 `referral`
- **2023-04-18** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-04-18** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 423
- **2023-04-18** FILE NO. 655
- **2023-06-07** HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-07** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-07** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2023-06-07** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-07** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 626
- **2023-06-07** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2023-06-07** SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-07** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-07** SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-07** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-07** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2023-06-07** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-07** HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-07** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-07** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-27** PUBLIC ACT 23-203
- **2023-06-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-28** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-28** 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/49415c69-58e4-42d5-ac35-7c5600c681eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).