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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT PROHIBITING LIBRARIES FROM AGREEING TO CERTAIN TERMS IN ELECTRONIC BOOK AND DIGITAL AUDIOBOOK LICENSE AGREEMENTS OR CONTRACTS."
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description: "AN ACT PROHIBITING LIBRARIES FROM AGREEING TO CERTAIN TERMS IN ELECTRONIC BOOK AND DIGITAL AUDIOBOOK LICENSE AGREEMENTS OR CONTRACTS."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
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legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 1234"
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citation: "Connecticut SB 1234 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Connecticut State Library", "Contracts", "Electronic books", "Libraries", "Publishers"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2025-01-31"
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last_action: "2025-05-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfe397af-b553-4b83-88f6-06852a131f83"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
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source_hash: "240ffe41a3297b07b94ceb0a6cbde43358db4da3fd21e03d3ccaabf26fe75939"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ct"]
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---
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# Connecticut SB 1234 (2025) — AN ACT PROHIBITING LIBRARIES FROM AGREEING TO CERTAIN TERMS IN ELECTRONIC BOOK AND DIGITAL AUDIOBOOK LICENSE AGREEMENTS OR CONTRACTS.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **File No. 132** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FC/PDF/2025SB-01234-R000132-FC.PDF)
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2. **GAE Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/S/PDF/2025SB-01234-R01-SB.PDF)
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3. **Public Act No. 25-9** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/ACT/PA/PDF/2025PA-00009-R00SB-01234-PA.PDF)
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4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/S/PDF/2025SB-01234-R00-SB.PDF)
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## Votes
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- House Roll Call Vote — **46–98** (fail) · lower
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- Senate Roll Call Vote — **35–1** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Roll Call Vote — **8–28** (fail) · upper
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- Senate Roll Call Vote — **31–5** (pass) · upper
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- House Roll Call Vote — **46–97** (fail) · lower
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- House Roll Call Vote — **48–97** (fail) · lower
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- House Roll Call Vote — **46–98** (fail) · lower
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- House Roll Call Vote — **106–38** (pass) · lower
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- House Roll Call Vote — **47–97** (fail) · lower
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-31** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-03** PUBLIC HEARING 0207
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- **2025-02-28** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-03** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
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- **2025-03-13** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/18/25 `referral`
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- **2025-03-19** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
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- **2025-03-19** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-19** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 121
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- **2025-03-19** FILE NO. 132
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- **2025-05-08** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-08** SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-failure`
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- **2025-05-08** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
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- **2025-05-09** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-09** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 576
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- **2025-05-15** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-15** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-failure`
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- **2025-05-15** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B `amendment-failure`
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- **2025-05-15** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. C `amendment-failure`
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- **2025-05-15** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. D `amendment-failure`
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- **2025-05-15** HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. E `amendment-failure`
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- **2025-05-15** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
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- **2025-05-15** IN CONCURRENCE
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- **2025-05-22** PUBLIC ACT 25-9
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- **2025-05-27** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
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- **2025-05-27** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-29** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR `executive-signature`
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## Source
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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).
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