Connecticut legislation · 2025 General Assembly
Connecticut SB1234: AN ACT PROHIBITING LIBRARIES FROM AGREEING TO CERTAIN TERMS IN ELECTRONIC BOOK AND DIGITAL AUDIOBOOK LICENSE AGREEMENTS OR CONTR
Status: Chaptered, May 29, 2025
AN ACT PROHIBITING LIBRARIES FROM AGREEING TO CERTAIN TERMS IN ELECTRONIC BOOK AND DIGITAL AUDIOBOOK LICENSE AGREEMENTS OR CONTRACTS.
What the bill says
An act making certain terms in electronic book and digital audiobook license agreements or contracts unenforceable. assembly convened.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT MAKING CERTAIN TERMS IN ELECTRONIC BOOK AND DIGITAL AUDIOBOOK LICENSE AGREEMENTS OR CONTRACTS UNENFORCEABLE. Assembly convened: Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2026, and applicable to contracts or license agreements entered into or renewed on or after said date) (a) As used in this section: (1) "Electronic literary material" means any digital audiobook or electronic book; (2) "Digital audiobook" means a sound recording of a reading of any literary production that has been converted into or published in a digital audio file that may be listened to on a computer or portable electronic device; (3) "Electronic book" means a text document that has been converted into or published in a digital format that may be read on a computer or portable electronic device; LCO No. 3737 1 of Raised Bill No. 1234 (4) "Portable electronic device" means any self-contained electronic device for personal use for communicating, reading, viewing, listening, playing video games or computing, including, but not limited to, a mobile telephone, tablet computer, electronic book reader or other similar device; (5) "Library" includes (A) any public library, public elementary school library, secondary school library, academic library, research library or public archive (i) that is funded directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, during a fiscal year by the state or a political subdivision of the state, …
Sponsors
- William Heffernan (D, 115) · primary sponsor
- Tony Hwang (R, 28)
- Michael Shannon (D, 117)
- Cecilia Maher (D, 26)
- Matthew Blumenthal (D, 147)
- Eleni Kavros DeGraw (D, 17)
- Jillian Gilchrest (D, 18)
- Kate Farrar (D, 20)
- Wood, Kerry S. (D, 29)
- Aundre Bumgardner (D, 41)
- Kaitlyn Shake (D, 120)
- Bobby Gibson (D, 15)
Latest actions
- : Signed by the Governor
- : Transmitted to the Secretary of State
- : Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor
- : Public Act 25-9
- : House Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A
- : House Rejected House Amendment Schedule A 8506
- : House Rejected House Amendment Schedule B 8498
- : House Rejected House Amendment Schedule C 8606
- : House Rejected House Amendment Schedule D 8532
- : House Rejected House Amendment Schedule E 8613
Votes
- House Roll Call 129 (May 15, 2026): 106 yea, 38 nay, passed
- House Roll Call 128 (May 15, 2026): 46 yea, 98 nay, failed
- House Roll Call 127 (May 15, 2026): 46 yea, 97 nay, failed
- House Roll Call 126 (May 15, 2026): 46 yea, 98 nay, failed
- House Roll Call 125 (May 15, 2026): 47 yea, 97 nay, failed
- House Roll Call 124 (May 15, 2026): 48 yea, 97 nay, failed
Common questions
- What is SB1234?
- SB1234 is a bill in the Connecticut Legislature (2025 General Assembly): AN ACT PROHIBITING LIBRARIES FROM AGREEING TO CERTAIN TERMS IN ELECTRONIC BOOK AND DIGITAL AUDIOBOOK LICENSE AGREEMENTS OR CONTR.
- What does SB1234 do?
- In its own words: An act making certain terms in electronic book and digital audiobook license agreements or contracts unenforceable. assembly convened.
- What is the status of SB1234?
- Chaptered as of May 29, 2025. Latest action: Signed by the Governor (May 29, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB1234?
- William Heffernan (D, 115), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB1234?
- On the Connecticut Legislature website: https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=SB01234&which_year=2025
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