Thursday, January 29, 2026 4:54 AM
Priority Bills HB 6831 Bill Description: Substitute Language: HB 6831-PD-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 6944 Bill Description: Substitute Language: HB 6944-HSG-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 7113 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 7148 Bill Description: Substitute Language: HB 7148-PD-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 12 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 611 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 1252 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 7152 Bill Description: Substitute Language: HB 7152-PD-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 2 Bill Description: Substitute Language: SB 2-GL-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 1466 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 5064 Bill Description: Substitute Language: HB 5064-ENV-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 6812 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 6864 Bill Description: Substitute Language: HB 6864-APP-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 6993 Bill Description: Substitute Language: HB 6993-PD-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 6996 Bill Description: Substitute Language: HB 6996-PD-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 7000 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 7003 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 7031 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 7112 Bill Description: Substitute Language: HB 7112-HSG-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 7235 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 7247 Bill Description: Substitute Language: HB 7247-PH-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information HB 7287 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 3 Bill Description: Substitute Language: SB 3-GL-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 9 Bill Description: Substitute Language: SB 9-ENV-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 1238 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 1247 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 1263 Bill Description: Substitute Language: SB 1263-HSG-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 1313 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 1315 Bill Description: Substitute Language: SB 1315-PD-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 1341 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 1343 Bill Description: Substitute Language: SB 1343-PD-Substitute Language Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 1444 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information SB 1454 Bill Description: Recent Action Taken: Click to Forward Bill Information
AN ACT CONCERNING TRANSIT-ORIENTED COMMUNITIES.
To (1) provide financial incentives for municipalities that adopt certain transit-oriented development policies, (2) establish the interagency council on housing development, (3) direct the State Responsible Growth Coordinator to establish a fund for the expansion of water and sewerage infrastructure, and (4) allow certain owners of real property to construct an accessory apartment as of right.
Tabled for the Calendar, House (4/25)
AN ACT REQUIRING A MUNICIPALITY TO INCLUDE CERTAIN INFORMATION IN ITS AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLAN.
To require a municipality to include certain information in its affordable housing plan.
File Number 266 (3/26)
AN ACT CONCERNING LIGHT-TOUCH DENSITY HOUSING.
To encourage municipalities to develop light touch density housing.
Tabled for the Calendar, House (4/8)
AN ACT CONCERNING ACCESSORY COMMERCIAL UNITS.
To allow the as-of-right development of a residential development or a mixed-use development on any lot that allows for commercial use.
File Number 625 (4/9)
AN ACT CONCERNING CONNECTICUT'S HOUSING NEEDS.
To promote fair and equitable housing opportunities in every community in the state.
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate (5/13)
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MAXIMUM CHARGE FOR CERTAIN OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS, PERMITS AND REGISTRATIONS.
To provide that neither the Commissioner of Consumer Protection nor the Department of Consumer Protection may charge certain individuals a license, permit, certification or registration fee in an amount that is greater than one hundred dollars per license, certification, permit or registration year.
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate (5/13)
AN ACT ESTABLISHING PRIORITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ZONES.
To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.
File Number 253 (3/26)
Monitored Bills
AN ACT CONCERNING THE SUBMISSION OF STUDIES AND EVALUATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH LAND USE APPLICATIONS.
To require any person submitting a study or evaluation in connection with a land use application to disclose the author of such study or evaluation, cost of such study or evaluation and any conflict of interest relating to such study or evaluation.
File Number 626 (4/9)
AN ACT CONCERNING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
To (1) establish various requirements concerning artificial intelligence systems, (2) require the Department of Economic and Community Development to (A) establish an artificial intelligence regulatory sandbox program, (B) plan to establish a technology transfer program, (C) establish a confidential computing cluster, (D) conduct a "CT AI Symposium", and (E) design an algorithmic computer model, (3) require the Board of Regents for Higher Education to establish a "Connecticut AI Academy" and require the Labor Department, and home visiting programs overseen by the Commissioner of Early Childhood, to provide information concerning said academy, (4) establish a Connecticut Technology Advisory Board, (5) modify the "computer science education and workforce development account", (6) modify the Technology Talent and Innovation Fund Advisory Committee, (7) establish an artificial intelligence systems fellowship program, (8) establish an artificial intelligence task force, (9) require state agencies to take various actions regarding generative artificial intelligence, and (10) prohibit dissemination of certain synthetic images.
House Calendar Number 599 (5/16)
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY ISSUES RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING.
To establish a task force to study issues relating to consumer protection and occupational licensing.
File Number 583 (4/8)
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A GRANT PROGRAM FOR AGRICULTURAL PRESERVATION AND FARMLAND ACCESS PURPOSES.
To encourage and provide for the retention of agricultural lands for agricultural purposes.
Signed by the Governor (7/1)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE PUBLICATION OF MUNICIPAL LEGAL NOTICES.
To redefine "inclusionary zoning" to include the acquisition of property for affordable housing developments.
File Number 719 (4/16)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE BUDGET FOR THE BIENNIUM ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, 2027, AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS THEREFOR.
To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.
File Number 839 (5/6)
AN ACT CONCERNING EQUAL COST APPORTIONMENT FOR CERTAIN SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICTS.
To allow certain special taxing districts to apportion costs for the maintenance of such district on an equal basis.
File Number 720 (4/16)
AN ACT CONCERNING PROTESTED CHANGES TO MUNICIPAL ZONING REGULATIONS.
To specify that (1) a protest against a proposed change to zoning regulations shall be signed by fifty per cent of the affected landowners, and (2) such proposed change shall be adopted by a majority vote of the members of the municipal zoning commission.
File Number 356 (3/31)
AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF POLICY AND MANAGEMENT CONCERNING THE STATE PLAN OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AND PRIORITY FUNDING AREAS.
To increase cost thresholds relating to certain actions required to be undertaken consistent with the state plan of conservation and development and eliminate priority funding areas.
Senate Calendar Number 594 (6/3)
AN ACT CONCERNING PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
To clarify certain publication requirements of actions or decisions of a planning commission.
Bill Passed Temporarily (6/4)
AN ACT INCLUDING ACCESSORY APARTMENTS WITHOUT AFFORDABILITY RESTRICTIONS IN THE CALCULATION OF THE THRESHOLD FOR EXEMPTION FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING APPEALS PROCEDURE.
To include accessory apartments in the calculation of the threshold for exemption from the affordable housing appeals procedure.
File Number 241 (3/25)
AN ACT CONCERNING HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS AND THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
To (1) establish a sewer system infrastructure support program, (2) prohibit requiring a lot size greater than one acre for construction of a residence, (3) prohibit a municipality from installing or constructing hostile architecture, (4) require the collection of data regarding LGBTQ youth and young adults, (5) modify the rental assistance program, (6) authorize bonding for municipalities administering a housing choice voucher home ownership program, (7) modify the Community Investment Fund to provide automatic bonding for affordable housing projects, (8) establish a middle housing grant pilot program, (9) establish a pilot program to provide portable showers and laundry facilities to persons experiencing homelessness, (10) establish a direct rental assistance pilot program, and (11) require the majority leaders' roundtable to study (A) establishing an Affordable Housing Real Estate Trust, (B) providing funding to individuals renovating properties in areas with low appraisal values, (C) establishing rental savings accounts and rental tax credits, and (D) establishing extreme temperature protocols to protect persons experiencing homelessness.
Tabled for the Calendar, House (5/6)
AN ACT CONCERNING EXPENDITURES OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS OTHER THAN THE GENERAL FUND.
To review appropriations from funds other than the General Fund.
File Number 844 (5/7)
AN ACT CONCERNING SEWAGE DISPOSAL REQUIREMENTS AND THEIR IMPACT ON HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
To require an evaluation of sewage disposal requirements and their impact on housing development, public health and the environment.
File Number 708 (4/15)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE BUDGET FOR THE BIENNIUM ENDING JUNE 30, 2027, AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS THEREFOR, AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO REVENUE AND OTHER ITEMS IMPLEMENTING THE STATE BUDGET.
Signed by the Governor (6/30)
AN ACT CONCERNING CONSUMER PROTECTION AND SAFETY.
To (1) require fee disclosures for consumer goods and services, (2) impose various requirements concerning connected devices, (3) impose various requirements concerning repairs of electronic or appliance products, (4) require each municipality to establish and maintain a ".gov" Internet top-level domain, (5) provide that no supplier shall downsize, or reduce the quantity, amount, weight or size of, any eligible food unless such supplier (A) reduces the price charged for such eligible food by a commensurate amount, or (B) discloses that such supplier has made such downsizing or reduction, (6) authorize the Attorney General to declare and respond to abnormal economic disruptions, (7) prohibit persons from charging unconscionably excessive prices following precipitating events, and (8) modify the procedures applicable to persons who fail to adhere to provisions concerning precipitating events.
Signed by the Governor (6/10)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABLE MUNICIPAL AND STATE PLANNING, AND THE USE OF NEONICOTINOIDS AND SECOND-GENERATION ANTICOAGULANT RODENTICIDES.
To provide municipalities certain authorities concerning climate resiliency efforts and restrict the use of neonicotinoids and second-generation rodenticides.
Signed by the Governor (6/10)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MINOR AND TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO STATUTES CONCERNING CONSUMER PROTECTION.
To make minor and technical revisions to statutes concerning consumer protection.
Signed by the Governor (6/9)
AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND ADJUSTING BONDS OF THE STATE.
To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.
File Number 901 (5/12)
AN ACT CONCERNING TAX CREDITS FOR THE CONVERSION OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.
To provide certain tax credits for the conversion of commercial buildings into residential developments.
Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding (3/19)
AN ACT INCREASING HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WITHIN ONE-HALF MILE OF PUBLIC TRANSIT STATIONS.
To require municipal zoning regulations to authorize a greater density of housing development within one-half mile of a public transit station.
File Number 255 (3/26)
AN ACT AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITIES TO ENFORCE CERTAIN BLIGHT REGULATIONS WITHOUT PROVIDING NOTICE OR AN OPPORTUNITY TO REMEDIATE.
To remove certain notice and opportunity to remediate provisions concerning repeat blight violations.
House Calendar Number 692 (6/4)
AN ACT CONCERNING LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
To clarify certain responsibilities of the civil service board.
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate (5/13)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL POLICY AND PLANNING DIVISION WITHIN THE OFFICE OF POLICY AND MANAGEMENT.
To (1) establish fines for municipal failure to submit certain reports and forms to the Office of Policy and Management, (2) require municipal valuation of tangible personal property other than motor vehicles to be determined in accordance with statutory provisions concerning such valuation, (3) eliminate a requirement concerning municipal statements of compliance with certain zoning requirements after December 1, 2025, (4) require applications for certain tax benefits to be made to municipal assessors rather than the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, (5) alter the composition of and requirements for certain committees governing programs and procedures for municipal assessors and tax collectors, and (6) make minor changes to statutes relating to local capital improvement grant reporting, approval of certain tax abatements, the dates of municipal transmission of certain digital parcel files to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, property valuation increase notices and methods of providing certain notification to municipalities by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.
Bill Passed Temporarily (6/4)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONVERSION OF COMMERCIAL REAL PROPERTY FOR RESIDENTIAL USE.
To allow the conversion or partial conversion of any commercial building into a residential development as of right.
Signed by the Governor (7/8)
AN ACT CONCERNING ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION IN BROWNFIELD PROGRAMS FOR CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.
To require the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development to study the feasibility and potential benefits of expanding the eligibility requirements for participation in brownfield programs to certain municipalities.
File Number 494 (4/3)