republic-os/legislation/us/states/ct/2025/hb-7288.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND ADJUSTING BONDS OF THE STATE AND CONCERNING GRANT PROGRAMS, STATE GRANT COMMITMENTS FOR SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS, REVISIONS TO THE SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS STATUTES AND VARIOUS PROVISIONS REVISING AND IMPLEMENTING THE BUDGET FOR THE BIENNIUM ENDING JUNE 30, 2027."
description: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND ADJUSTING BONDS OF THE STATE AND CONCERNING GRANT PROGRAMS, STATE GRANT COMMITMENTS FOR SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS, REVISIONS TO THE SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS STATUTES AND VARIOUS PROVISIONS REVISING AND IMPLEMENTING THE BUDGET FOR THE BIENNIUM ENDING JUNE 30, 2027."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 7288"
citation: "Connecticut HB 7288 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Absentee ballots", "Administrative Services", "Department of", "Advisory bodies", "Affordable housing", "Alliance school districts", "Ansonia", "Arbitration and award", "Arts", "Tourism", "Culture", "History and Film", "Connecticut Commission on", "Asbestos", "Ashford", "Auditors of public accounts", "Audits", "Autism spectrum disorders", "Banking Department", "Beverage container deposits", "Block grants", "Board of Regents for Higher Education", "Boards of education", "Bridgeport", "Bridges", "Brownfield remediation and development account", "Brownfields", "Building construction", "Building materials", "Capital Region Development Authority", "Career entry and mobility program", "Charter schools", "Cheshire", "Child care facilities", "Child day care", "Collective bargaining", "Colleges and universities", "Commissions", "Community housing development corporations", "Comptroller", "Congregate housing for the elderly", "Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA)", "Connecticut Municipal Redevelopment Authority", "Connecticut State Colleges and Universities", "Consumer Counsel", "Office of", "Consumer collection agencies", "Contractors", "Danbury", "Developmental disabilities", "persons with", "Early Childhood", "Office of", "Early childhood education", "Early voting", "Economic and Community Development", "Department of", "Economic development financial assistance", "Economic planning and development", "Education Department", "Education equalization (Education cost sharing)", "Election officials", "Elections", "Electric distribution services", "Electric recharging stations", "Electric vehicles", "Electronic government information", "Emergency Services and Public Protection", "Department of", "Energy and Environmental Protection", "Department of", "Entertainment", "Faculty", "Fairfield", "Farmington", "Fees", "Financial institutions", "Fire districts", "Gaming", "General Assembly employees", "General Assembly members' life insurance", "Glastonbury", "Grants by the state", "Greenwich", "Hartford", "Hazardous substances", "Heating", "Heating", "piping and cooling work", "Higher Education Department", "Higher Education", "Office of", "Highway maintenance", "Historic preservation", "Historic sites and structures", "Home ownership", "Home ownership loans", "Hospital personnel", "Hospitals", "Housing", "Housing Receivership Revolving Fund", "Housing Trust Fund Program", "Housing and community development projects", "Housing authorities", "Housing development", "Housing for the elderly", "Housing for the homeless", "Housing rehabilitation", "Housing", "Department of", "Indoor air pollution", "Infrastructure", "Institutions of higher education", "Intellectual disabilities", "persons with", "Labor Relations", "State Board of", "Labor arbitration", "Land banks", "Landlord and tenant", "Lead", "Ledyard", "Legislative Office Building", "Life insurance", "Loans", "Loans by the state", "Low and moderate income housing", "Magnet schools", "Maintenance and repair", "Medical examiners", "Mental health", "Middletown", "Moderate income housing", "Montville", "Monuments and memorials", "Municipal Finance Advisory Commission", "Municipal Revenue Sharing Fund", "Municipal elections", "Municipal employee retirement", "Municipal highways", "Municipalities", "New Haven", "Nominations", "Nonprofit organizations", "North Haven", "Norwich", "Nurses", "Nursing home employees", "Nursing homes", "Occupational training", "Paid Family and Medical Leave program", "Payments in lieu of taxes", "Pilots", "Plans", "Police", "Police Officer Standards and Training Council", "Police retirement", "Police training", "Policy and Management", "Office of", "Polling places", "Primaries", "Probate Court Administration Fund", "Property tax on motor vehicles", "Public works contracts", "Rebates", "Regional councils of governments", "Reports", "Roxbury", "Rural areas", "School building projects", "School curriculum", "School districts", "School integration", "School paraprofessionals", "Schools", "Sick leave", "Signs", "Small Business Express program", "Social Services", "Department of", "Solar electricity work", "Stamford", "State Bond Commission", "State Capitol", "State Elections Enforcement Commission", "State Treasurer", "State agencies", "State bonds for economic development", "State bonds for education", "State bonds for housing", "State bonds", "generally", "State buildings", "State contracts", "State grants in lieu of taxes", "State grants to municipalities", "State property", "State trust funds", "State universities", "Student financial aid", "Student loans", "Students", "Studies", "Supportive housing", "Tax credits", "Technical Education and Career System", "Tourism Fund", "Trusts and trustees", "Tuition waivers", "University of Connecticut", "University of Connecticut Health Center", "Urban renewal", "Volunteers", "Voter registration", "Wethersfield", "Willington", "Workforce development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-06-04"
last_action: "2025-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98c9db17-87c6-4286-83db-b7499e8a4d1b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "fce78d009ec5718c14720db81ecb7276bdc8028aa8c12a142d28d7c968d2ae48"
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 7288 (2025) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND ADJUSTING BONDS OF THE STATE AND CONCERNING GRANT PROGRAMS, STATE GRANT COMMITMENTS FOR SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS, REVISIONS TO THE SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS STATUTES AND VARIOUS PROVISIONS REVISING AND IMPLEMENTING THE BUDGET FOR THE BIENNIUM ENDING JUNE 30, 2027.

## 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/H/PDF/2025HB-07288-R00-HB.PDF)
2. **Public Act No. 25-174** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/ACT/PA/PDF/2025PA-00174-R00HB-07288-PA.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **144–4** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-04** EMERGENCY CERTIFICATION
- **2025-06-04** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2025-06-04** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2025-06-04** TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO JOINT RULE 17
- **2025-06-04** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2025-06-04** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2025-06-23** PUBLIC ACT 25-174
- **2025-06-27** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2025-06-27** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-30** 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/98c9db17-87c6-4286-83db-b7499e8a4d1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).