---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT EXCLUDING APRIL 20, 2025, FROM THE PERIOD OF EARLY VOTING PRIOR TO THE DAY OF A SPECIAL ELECTION AND SUSPENDING THE MUNICIPAL REVENUE SHARING ACCOUNT SPENDING CAP."
description: "AN ACT EXCLUDING APRIL 20, 2025, FROM THE PERIOD OF EARLY VOTING PRIOR TO THE DAY OF A SPECIAL ELECTION AND SUSPENDING THE MUNICIPAL REVENUE SHARING ACCOUNT SPENDING CAP."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1553"
citation: "Connecticut SB 1553 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Early voting", "Elections", "Municipal Revenue Sharing Fund", "Presidential preference primaries", "Property tax assessments", "Property tax on motor vehicles", "State grants in lieu of taxes", "Voters"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-08"
last_action: "2025-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16240630-626b-465a-9dbc-7e992431c6b2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "f1927184f0f60a3cd8aa5dc2301464f751e560efc834b819d30b49556b2a2552"
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 1553 (2025) — AN ACT EXCLUDING APRIL 20, 2025, FROM THE PERIOD OF EARLY VOTING PRIOR TO THE DAY OF A SPECIAL ELECTION AND SUSPENDING THE MUNICIPAL REVENUE SHARING ACCOUNT SPENDING CAP.

## Version chain

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

1. **New Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/S/PDF/2025SB-01553-R00-SB.PDF)
2. **Public Act No. 25-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/ACT/PA/PDF/2025PA-00003-R00SB-01553-PA.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **145–2** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **31–3** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-08** EMERGENCY CERTIFICATION
- **2025-04-09** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2025-04-09** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE HOUSE
- **2025-04-09** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2025-04-09** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2025-04-09** RULES SUSPENDED, TRANSMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR
- **2025-04-10** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR IN ORIGINAL `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-15** PUBLIC ACT 25-3
- **2025-04-16** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16240630-626b-465a-9dbc-7e992431c6b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).