AN ACT REQUIRING THE STATE TO ENTER RECIPROCITY AGREEMENTS WITH CERTAIN STATES REGARDING PERMITS TO CARRY A PISTOL OR REVOLVER.

HB 5631 requires Connecticut to negotiate and establish reciprocity agreements with Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. If enacted, these agreements would allow residents of those states to carry handguns with permits issued by their home state while in Connecticut, and similarly allow Connecticut permit holders to carry in those states. The bill does not change existing Connecticut permit rules but mandates the state pursue these specific cross-state recognition agreements. It directly affects handgun permit holders traveling between Connecticut and the five New England states named in the bill.