---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AMENDING A PRIOR CONVEYANCE OF A PARCEL OF STATE LAND TO THE TOWN OF SOUTHBURY TO CHANGE THE RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE, OWNERSHIP AND LEASING OF SAID PARCEL."
description: "AN ACT AMENDING A PRIOR CONVEYANCE OF A PARCEL OF STATE LAND TO THE TOWN OF SOUTHBURY TO CHANGE THE RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE, OWNERSHIP AND LEASING OF SAID PARCEL."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 7281"
citation: "Connecticut HB 7281 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Conveyances", "Housing development", "Southbury", "State land"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-30"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c97aee82-ae7b-43e1-a285-7453b2c77282"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "c39d0b2084a2568c711326d75a7cda39663264c9902b344e156d245da7f622e1"
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 7281 (2025) — AN ACT AMENDING A PRIOR CONVEYANCE OF A PARCEL OF STATE LAND TO THE TOWN OF SOUTHBURY TO CHANGE THE RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE, OWNERSHIP AND LEASING OF SAID PARCEL.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 971** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FC/PDF/2025HB-07281-R000971-FC.PDF)
2. **GOS Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-07281-R01-HB.PDF)
3. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-07281-R00-HB.PDF)
4. **Special Act No. 25-26** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/ACT/SA/PDF/2025SA-00026-R00HB-07281-SA.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **136–8** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-30** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Oversight `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-01** PUBLIC HEARING 0505
- **2025-05-15** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2025-05-20** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 05/27/25 `referral`
- **2025-05-28** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2025-05-28** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 653
- **2025-05-28** FILE NO. 971
- **2025-05-31** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2025-05-31** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2025-06-01** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-01** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 581
- **2025-06-04** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2025-06-04** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2025-06-16** SPECIAL ACT 25-26
- **2025-06-25** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2025-06-25** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-01** 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/c97aee82-ae7b-43e1-a285-7453b2c77282`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).