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House approves measure letting secretary of state transfer new voting tabulators to towns
Summary
The House passed HB 7129 to let the secretary of the state transfer (gift) state-purchased voting tabulators to municipalities, eliminating costly contract arrangements; vote was 147–0.
The Connecticut House approved House Bill 7129 on April 9, 2025, clearing a statutory wrinkle that had forced the secretary of the state to negotiate leases and contracts to deliver state-purchased voting tabulators to towns.
Representative Blumenthal, sponsor of the bill, told the chamber that $25 million in bonding previously authorized in 2023 purchased new tabulators to replace machines some registrars had been maintaining with eBay parts. He said permitting the secretary to transfer ownership will save municipalities legal costs and speed deployment. Representative Mesa Francisco and others confirmed the transfer imposes no cost on towns and that towns will retain local responsibility for the machines once transferred.
The bill passed on a roll-call of 147 ayes, 0 nays, 3 absent.
