Public Hearings March 10 Through 13th On Several Gun Bills - Submit your Testimony!

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This week a number of gun bills are having their public hearings. Some of these bills are particularly bad. CCDL has indicated opposition to a number of the bills along with support of one of them. This is a lengthy post with lots of links, please read the entire post.

Please consider submitting testimony on these bills. Make sure to select OPPOSE if you oppose the bill. When submitting testimony, fill out the required fields. Make sure to select the correct Hearing Date and Time followed by selecting the correct Bill Number(s) from the lists. Preferred file upload format is PDF, but they will accept Microsoft Word as well. Or one can type in their testimony if they wish. Remember to hit the Submit button when finished.

If you have never submitted testimony before, see the following two links for more information. Remember to be polite, professional and respectful. Avoid insults and derogatory comments. Read the proposed bills to understand what they’re proposing to enact.

CCDL Public Hearing Guide: https://www.ccdl.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CCDL-Public-Hearing-Guide-2025.pdf

A Guide for Testifying at Public Hearings and Reaching State Legislators: https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/content/YourVoice.asp

If you wish to attend a specific public hearing in person, please see the committee page for the respective bill and see the committee’s agenda for that day which should have time and location. Note: the capital is a gun free zone and may have person/bag check and metal detectors at entry points.

March 10th Public Hearing:

HB-5451 An Act Concerning Possession of a Firearm on School Grounds by a Peace Officer
Bill page: https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB-5451
Read Bill: Raised Bill [doc]
Joint Committee on Public Safety and Security: https://www.cga.ct.gov/ps/
Submit Testimony: https://www.cga.ct.gov/aspx/CGATestimonySub/CGAtestimonysubmission.aspx?comm_code=ps
Read Submitted Testimony: https://www.cga.ct.gov/aspx/CGADisplayTestimonies/CGADisplayTestimony.aspx?bill=HB-05451&doc_year=2026

HB-5459 An Act Concerning the Voluntary Relinquishment of Firearms
Bill page: https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB-5459
Read Bill: Raised Bill [doc]
Joint Committee on Public Safety and Security: https://www.cga.ct.gov/ps/
Submit Testimony: https://www.cga.ct.gov/aspx/CGATestimonySub/CGAtestimonysubmission.aspx?comm_code=ps
Read Submitted Testimony: https://www.cga.ct.gov/aspx/CGADisplayTestimonies/CGADisplayTestimony.aspx?bill=HB-05459&doc_year=2026

March 11th Public Hearing:

HB-5043 AN ACT PROHIBITING THE MANUFACTURE AND SALE OF CONVERTIBLE PISTOLS.
Bill page: https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB-5043
Read Bill: Governor’s Bill [doc]
CCDL Opposition to bill: https://mcusercontent.com/6023f7975cfc040f5d86fce47/files/36af814f-4e8f-432a-7fca-c8c9e940bb89/OPPOSE_HB_5043.pdf
Joint Committee on Judiciary: https://www.cga.ct.gov/jud/
Submit Testimony: https://www.cga.ct.gov/aspx/CGATestimonySub/CGAtestimonysubmission.aspx?comm_code=jud
Read Submitted Testimony: https://www.cga.ct.gov/aspx/CGADisplayTestimonies/CGADisplayTestimony.aspx?bill=HB-05043&doc_year=2026

HB-5435 AN ACT CONCERNING THE RISK WARRANT FIREARM HOLDING PERIOD.
Bill page: https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB-5435
Read Bill: Raised Bill [doc]
Joint Committee on Judiciary: https://www.cga.ct.gov/jud/
Submit Testimony: https://www.cga.ct.gov/aspx/CGATestimonySub/CGAtestimonysubmission.aspx?comm_code=jud
Read Submitted Testimony: https://www.cga.ct.gov/aspx/CGADisplayTestimonies/CGADisplayTestimony.aspx?bill=HB-05435&doc_year=2026

HB-5436 AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN FIREARMS DEFINITIONS AND CONCERNING THE TRANSFER OF LARGE CAPACITY MAGAZINES AND ASSAULT WEAPONS.
Bill page: https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB-5436
Read Bill: Raised Bill [doc]
CCDL Opposition to bill: https://mcusercontent.com/6023f7975cfc040f5d86fce47/files/337d3914-aba5-d7ab-a91b-29ec6348cc89/OPPOSE_HB_5436.pdf
Joint Committee on Judiciary: https://www.cga.ct.gov/jud/
Submit Testimony: https://www.cga.ct.gov/aspx/CGATestimonySub/CGAtestimonysubmission.aspx?comm_code=jud
Read Submitted Testimony: https://www.cga.ct.gov/aspx/CGADisplayTestimonies/CGADisplayTestimony.aspx?bill=HB-05436&doc_year=2026

March 12th Public Hearing:

HB-5454 An Act Concerning the Refund of Certain Firearm Permit Fees
Bill page: https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB-5454
Read Bill: Raised Bill [doc]
CCDL Supports
Joint Committee on Public Safety and Security: https://www.cga.ct.gov/ps/
Submit Testimony: https://www.cga.ct.gov/aspx/CGATestimonySub/CGAtestimonysubmission.aspx?comm_code=ps
Read Submitted Testimony: https://www.cga.ct.gov/aspx/CGADisplayTestimonies/CGADisplayTestimony.aspx?bill=HB-05454&doc_year=2026

March 13th Public Hearing:

HB-5533 Act Concerning Protection of Election Administration Process, Election Sites, Election Works and Electors
Bill page: https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB-5533
Read Bill: Raised Bill [doc]
CCDL Opposes
Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections: https://www.cga.ct.gov/gae/
Submit Testimony: https://www.cga.ct.gov/aspx/CGATestimonySub/CGAtestimonysubmission.aspx?comm_code=gae
Read Submitted Testimony: https://www.cga.ct.gov/aspx/CGADisplayTestimonies/CGADisplayTestimony.aspx?bill=HB-05533&doc_year=2026

SB-463 Act Concerning Protection of Election Administration Process, Election Sites, Election Works and Electors
Bill page: https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=SB-463
Read Bill: Raised Bill [doc]
CCDL Opposes
Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections: https://www.cga.ct.gov/gae/
Submit Testimony: https://www.cga.ct.gov/aspx/CGATestimonySub/CGAtestimonysubmission.aspx?comm_code=gae
Read Submitted Testimony: https://www.cga.ct.gov/aspx/CGADisplayTestimonies/CGADisplayTestimony.aspx?bill=SB-00463&doc_year=2026

Note: Please be aware that all submitted testimony is public record. Depending upon the information you supply, this may reveal some or all of the following: Email address, physical address, phone number, name, age, and other personal information.

Edit to Add: CT-N (https://ct-n.com/) typically shows the committee hearings live and may have them recorded for later play back.

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How would nyone be sble to go to these? what ever happened to making it easy for the public to show up? no way is nybody with a job n family going to make every hearing. Glad these fkers make it easy for themselves while getting paid.

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They generally don’t want the public to see how the sausage is made or have input on that sausage making. Sure the rules say they have to have public hearings on proposed committee bills that the legislators want to advance but they intentionally don’t make the process easy. They announce the public hearing 3 to 5 days ahead of time and try to limit the amount of people who attend to avoid having hundreds show up to oppose their gun control like has happened in the past when they public hearing run till 4am in the morning and had to open up overflow rooms for all the people who opposed the bills. Also take note of how many legislators actually show up and participate in the public hearings. Some are MIA while others show up for a few minutes to get a media soundbite then leave.

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I was there for the 4am in the morning one. I waited n waited and they didn’t call me up. Got there 8:30, some left wing looney pulled the fire alarm round 11 am ( I remember a hearing a group of them saying it was important they got in there for 11 - co winky dink?), saw lots of libprog nuts cutting the line like they were owed something, even seen a group get kick out for cutting the line - we all cheered, didn’t get in till 11:30. Went home and watched the last 30 minutes online and wouldn’t you know, fkrs, that’s when I heard my name being called. Little after that they ended.

I took the day off to go up for tomorrows. Not rich enough for all four days.