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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT PROHIBITING LIBRARIES FROM AGREEING TO CERTAIN TERMS IN ELECTRONIC BOOK AND DIGITAL AUDIOBOOK LICENSE AGREEMENTS OR CONTRACTS."
description: "AN ACT PROHIBITING LIBRARIES FROM AGREEING TO CERTAIN TERMS IN ELECTRONIC BOOK AND DIGITAL AUDIOBOOK LICENSE AGREEMENTS OR CONTRACTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1234"
citation: "Connecticut SB 1234 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Connecticut State Library", "Contracts", "Electronic books", "Libraries", "Publishers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-01-31"
last_action: "2025-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfe397af-b553-4b83-88f6-06852a131f83"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "240ffe41a3297b07b94ceb0a6cbde43358db4da3fd21e03d3ccaabf26fe75939"
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 1234 (2025) — AN ACT PROHIBITING LIBRARIES FROM AGREEING TO CERTAIN TERMS IN ELECTRONIC BOOK AND DIGITAL AUDIOBOOK LICENSE AGREEMENTS OR CONTRACTS.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **File No. 132** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FC/PDF/2025SB-01234-R000132-FC.PDF)
2. **GAE Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/S/PDF/2025SB-01234-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 25-9** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/ACT/PA/PDF/2025PA-00009-R00SB-01234-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/S/PDF/2025SB-01234-R00-SB.PDF)
## Votes
- House Roll Call Vote — **4698** (fail) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **351** (pass) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **828** (fail) · upper
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **315** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **4697** (fail) · lower
- House Roll Call Vote — **4897** (fail) · lower
- House Roll Call Vote — **4698** (fail) · lower
- House Roll Call Vote — **10638** (pass) · lower
- House Roll Call Vote — **4797** (fail) · lower
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-31** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-03** PUBLIC HEARING 0207
- **2025-02-28** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-03** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2025-03-13** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/18/25 `referral`
- **2025-03-19** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2025-03-19** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 121
- **2025-03-19** FILE NO. 132
- **2025-05-08** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-08** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-08** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2025-05-09** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2025-05-09** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 576
- **2025-05-15** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-15** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-15** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-15** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. C `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-15** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. D `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-15** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. E `amendment-failure`
- **2025-05-15** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2025-05-15** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2025-05-22** PUBLIC ACT 25-9
- **2025-05-27** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2025-05-27** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-29** 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/cfe397af-b553-4b83-88f6-06852a131f83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).