Legislative Update
Thursday, April 2, 2026 2:36 PM
SB339 An Act Allowing Long-term Rental Of Bedrooms In A Single-family Home As Of Right. - (TRACKED ON 3/24)
Status: File Number 129 (3/23)
To allow rental of bedrooms in a single-family home as of right.
Email Committee Members
Hearing Date(s):
Tue 3/3 11:45 AM @ ROOM 2D AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
HB5394 An Act Concerning The Uniform Relocation Assistance Act. - TBD (TRACKED ON 3/14)
Status: File Number 263 (3/31)
To clarify that a municipality may place a lien upon a landlord's real property when the municipality has expended funds for relocation assistance to a tenant of such property.
Email Committee Members
Hearing Date(s):
Wed 3/4 10:30 AM @ ROOM 2A AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
HB5536 An Act Establishing A State Short-term Rental Registry And Authorizing An Optional Municipal Supplemental Tax On Short-term Rentals. - MONITOR (TRACKED ON 3/11)
Status: Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office (4/1)
To establish a state short-term rental registry, authorize an optional municipal supplemental tax on short-term rentals and require short-term rental return filings to include disaggregated sales tax information.
Email Committee Members
Hearing Date(s):
Mon 3/16 1:00 PM @ ROOM 2E AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
SB332 An Act Concerning Notice To Parties Before A Fair Rent Commission. - MONITOR (TRACKED ON 2/27)
Status: File Number 207 (3/26)
To require fair rent commissions to notify parties to a hearing of their rights under the hearing and the scope of the commission's lawful authority.
Email Committee Members
Hearing Date(s):
Tue 3/3 11:45 AM @ ROOM 2D AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
SB333 An Act Defining Advance Rental Payments. - SUPPORT (TRACKED ON 2/27)
Status: HSG Public Hearing: Tue 3/3 11:45 AM @ ROOM 2D AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE (2/27)
To differentiate advance rental payments and security deposits and permit the use of advance rental payments.
Email Committee Members
Hearing Date(s):
Tue 3/3 11:45 AM @ ROOM 2D AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
SB334 An Act Concerning The Composition Of Fair Rent Commissions. - SUPPORT (TRACKED ON 2/27)
Status: HSG Public Hearing: Tue 3/3 11:45 AM @ ROOM 2D AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE (2/27)
To require that fair rent commissions consist of an equal number of landlords and residential tenants.
Email Committee Members
Hearing Date(s):
Tue 3/3 11:45 AM @ ROOM 2D AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
SB335 An Act Concerning Utility Charges For Residential Dwelling Units. - MONITOR (TRACKED ON 2/27)
Status: File Number 156 (3/24)
To require that a tenant only be charged for utilities if such tenant's dwelling unit has an individual meter.
Email Committee Members
Hearing Date(s):
Tue 3/3 11:45 AM @ ROOM 2D AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
SB336 An Act Concerning A Study Of Housing Policy. - MONITOR (TRACKED ON 2/27)
Status: File Number 32 (3/16)
To study the housing policies of the state.
Email Committee Members
Hearing Date(s):
Tue 3/3 11:45 AM @ ROOM 2D AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
HB5359 An Act Concerning Provisions In Residential Rental Agreements. - MONITOR (TRACKED ON 2/26)
Status: File Number 143 (3/24)
To (1) provide for the availability of at least one method of rental payment at no cost to a residential tenant, (2) prohibit the increase of rental charges upon breaches of a rental agreement, (3) prohibit the use of rental agreement clauses providing that the tenant agrees to increased rental payments after the expiration of the lease, and (4) provide for disclosure of late fees.
Email Committee Members
Hearing Date(s):
Tue 3/3 11:45 AM @ ROOM 2D AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
HB5360 An Act Concerning Domestic Violence And Tenant Screening. - MONITOR (TRACKED ON 2/26)
Status: File Number 112 (3/23)
To prohibit the denial of a rental application on the basis of credit history when the applicant is a victim of domestic violence.
Email Committee Members
Hearing Date(s):
Tue 3/3 11:45 AM @ ROOM 2D AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
HB5361 An Act Revising A Provision Concerning Housing. - MONITOR (TRACKED ON 2/26)
Status: File Number 165 (3/25)
To revise the housing statutes of the state.
Email Committee Members
Hearing Date(s):
Tue 3/3 11:45 AM @ ROOM 2D AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
HB5362 An Act Implementing The Recommendations Of The Majority Leader's Roundtable. - MONITOR (TRACKED ON 2/26)
Status: File Number 197 (3/26)
To implement the recommendations of the Majority Leader's Roundtable on Affordable Housing and make other changes to the affordable housing statutes.
Email Committee Members
Hearing Date(s):
Tue 3/3 11:45 AM @ ROOM 2D AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
HB5367 An Act Concerning The Removal Of Unauthorized Persons From Residential Property. - MONITOR (TRACKED ON 2/26)
Status: File Number 166 (3/25)
To allow immediate removal of certain unauthorized persons from residential property.
Email Committee Members
Hearing Date(s):
Tue 3/3 11:45 AM @ ROOM 2D AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
SB337 An Act Establishing A Task Force Concerning The Removal And Storage Of Property Of Evicted Tenants. - MONITOR (TRACKED ON 2/26)
Status: File Number 128 (3/23)
To require that personal property left behind after eviction be stored for fifteen days by the plaintiff and to permit the plaintiff to dispose of such property as such plaintiff sees fit following the expiration of fifteen days.
Email Committee Members
Hearing Date(s):
Tue 3/3 11:45 AM @ ROOM 2D AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
SB340 An Act Concerning Continuing Real Estate Education Requirements, Public Marketing Of Certain Real Estate Listings And Revising The Title Of A Real Estate Salesperson To A Real Estate Agent. - MONITOR (TRACKED ON 2/26)
Status: File Number 222 (3/30)
To: (1) Revise the continuing education requirements for real estate licensees, (2) change the term real estate salesperson to real estate agent, and (3) establish a process regarding the public marketing of certain real estate listings.
Email Committee Members
Hearing Date(s):
Tue 3/3 9:00 AM @ ROOM 2C AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
HB5264 An Act Concerning Service Animals In Insurance Underwriting, The Appointment Of An Advocate In Proceedings Concerning The Welfare Or Custody Of Companion Animals, Assault Of A Domestic Animal And Establishing An Animal Abuse Task Force. - MONITOR (TRACKED ON 2/20)
Status: Favorable Change of Reference, Senate to Committee on Judiciary (3/23)
To: (1) Prohibit any homeowners insurance or tenants insurance policy from discriminating based on owning any dog that is a dog trained or being trained as a service animal to assist blind, deaf or mobility impaired persons or is a therapy animal, (2) allow the court to appoint an advocate in proceedings concerning the welfare or custody of companion animals, (3) expand assault in the third degree to include domestic animals, and (4) establish an animal abuse task force.
Email Committee Members
Hearing Date(s):
Tue 2/24 9:30 AM @ ROOM 1B AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
HB5257 An Act Prohibiting A Landlord From Requiring A Security Deposit In Excess Of One Month's Rent From Any Tenant. - OPPOSE (TRACKED ON 2/19)
Status: HSG Public Hearing: Tue 2/24 10:00 AM @ ROOM 2A AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE (2/20)
To prohibit landlords from requiring a security deposit in excess of one month's rent from any tenant.
Email Committee Members
Hearing Date(s):
Tue 2/24 10:00 AM @ ROOM 2A AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
HB5258 An Act Concerning Tenant Organizational Activities. - OPPOSE (TRACKED ON 2/19)
Status: File Number 107 (3/23)
To require landlords to permit certain tenant organizational activities in residential property.
Email Committee Members
Hearing Date(s):
Tue 2/24 10:00 AM @ ROOM 2A AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
HB5261 An Act Permitting Municipalities To Prohibit Rent Increases In The Event Of Multiple State Building Code Violations. - MONITOR (TRACKED ON 2/19)
Status: Referred by House to Committee on Planning and Development (3/31)
To allow municipalities to prohibit rent increases on residential properties with multiple outstanding State Building Code violations.
Email Committee Members
Hearing Date(s):
Tue 2/24 10:00 AM @ ROOM 2A AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
SB253 An Act Repealing Security Deposit Maximums. - MONITOR (TRACKED ON 2/19)
Status: HSG Public Hearing: Tue 2/24 10:00 AM @ ROOM 2A AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE (2/20)
To repeal the current statutory maximum of one or two months' rent a landlord can require a tenant to pay as a security deposit.
Email Committee Members
Hearing Date(s):
Tue 2/24 10:00 AM @ ROOM 2A AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
SB255 An Act Concerning The Certification Of Independent Inspectors And Inspection Firms To Perform State Building Code Inspections. - MONITOR (TRACKED ON 2/19)
Status: HSG Public Hearing: Tue 2/24 10:00 AM @ ROOM 2A AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE (2/20)
To establish a program to certify independent inspectors and inspection firms to perform inspections under the State Building Code.
Email Committee Members
Hearing Date(s):
Tue 2/24 10:00 AM @ ROOM 2A AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
SB257 An Act Concerning Evictions For Cause. - OPPOSE (TRACKED ON 2/19)
Status: File Number 204 (3/26)
To require cause for the eviction of certain tenants and residents of mobile manufactured home parks.
Email Committee Members
Hearing Date(s):
Tue 2/24 10:00 AM @ ROOM 2A AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
SB274 An Act Concerning Nonresident Landlord Registration And Increasing Penalties For Repeat Building And Fire Code Violations. - MONITOR (TRACKED ON 2/19)
Status: File Number 153 (3/24)
To (1) require certain nonresident landlords, project-based housing providers or agents in charge of rental properties to register certain personal identifying information, and (2) increase penalties for repeat violations of building and fire codes.
Email Committee Members
Hearing Date(s):
Fri 2/27 10:30 AM @ ROOM 2B AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
HB5226 An Act Concerning Mobile Manufactured Homes And Mobile Manufactured Home Parks. - MONITOR (TRACKED ON 2/17)
Status: Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/01/26 5:00 PM (3/27)
To (1) require a regional council of governments to establish a fair rent commission if a mobile manufactured home park is located in any municipality that is a member of such council, (2) require a mobile manufactured home park owner to make available, on a disclosure statement, an enumeration of all considerations payable by a resident to the owner, including, but not limited to, all periodic fees, usage fees and penalty fees payable by the resident to the owner, (3) modify the amount of relocation expenses paid to mobile manufactured home park residents, (4) modify the process by which, and terms upon which, an association of resident owners may exercise its right to purchase a mobile manufactured home park, (5) require the Department of Consumer Protection to promptly acknowledge receipt of a complaint submitted by a mobile manufactured home park resident, and (6) require a mobile manufactured home park owner to deliver a written notice of a proposed rent increase to a resident at least ninety days before the start of a new rental agreement.
Email Committee Members
Hearing Date(s):
Mon 2/23 12:00 PM @ ROOM 1D AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
HB5230 An Act Exempting Income Of Up To One Hundred Thousand Dollars Earned By A Child Under The Age Of Twenty-four From Inclusion In The Parent's Gross Income For Determination Of The Parent's Eligibility To Participate In The Rental Assistance Program. - MONITOR (TRACKED ON 2/17)
Status: HSG Public Hearing: Tue 2/24 10:00 AM @ ROOM 2A AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE (2/20)
To exempt income of up to one hundred thousand dollars earned by a child living with a parent from such parent's gross income for the purpose of determining the parent's eligibility to participate in the rental assistance program.
Email Committee Members
Hearing Date(s):
Tue 2/24 10:00 AM @ ROOM 2A AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
HB5234 An Act Establishing A Fee On Short-term Rental Properties. - MONITOR (TRACKED ON 2/17)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding (2/18)
To establish a fee on short-term rental properties and distribute the revenue generated from the fee proportionally to municipalities.
Email Committee Members
SB219 An Act Concerning Civil Penalties For Certain Violations Relating To Rental Security Deposits. - MONITOR (TRACKED ON 2/17)
Status: File Number 122 (3/23)
To establish that if the Banking Commissioner determines that any landlord has violated certain provisions concerning rental security deposits, the commissioner may, in accordance with sections 36a-50 and 36a-52 of the general statutes, order such landlord to pay a civil penalty not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars per violation, cease and desist from such practices and comply with certain provisions concerning rental security deposits.
Email Committee Members
Hearing Date(s):
Tue 2/24 11:00 AM @ ROOM 2B AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
HB5204 An Act Dedicating A Portion Of The Room Occupancy Tax On Short-term Rental Properties To Municipalities. - MONITOR (TRACKED ON 2/12)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding (2/13)
To dedicate a portion of the room occupancy tax received by the state from short-term rentals to the municipalities in which such rentals are situated.
Email Committee Members
HB5205 An Act Dedicating A Portion Of The Room Occupancy Tax On Short-term Rental Properties To Municipalities. - MONITOR (TRACKED ON 2/12)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding (2/13)
To dedicate a portion of the room occupancy tax received by the state from short-term rentals to the municipalities in which such rentals are situated.
Email Committee Members
HB5114 An Act Establishing A Refundable Credit Against The Personal Income Tax For A Portion Of Annual Rent Payments Made By A Taxpayer For A Primary Residence In The State. - MONITOR (TRACKED ON 2/10)
Status: Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office (4/1)
To establish a refundable credit against the personal income tax for a portion of annual rent payments actually made by a taxpayer for a taxable year for a primary residence in the state.
Email Committee Members
Hearing Date(s):
Mon 3/16 1:00 PM @ ROOM 2E AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
HB5161 An Act Requiring The Collection Of Identifying Information Of Nonresident Owners Of Residential Property. - MONITOR (TRACKED ON 2/10)
Status: Referred by House to Committee on Planning and Development (3/31)
To require the collection of identifying information of nonresident owners of residential property.
Email Committee Members
Hearing Date(s):
Tue 2/17 11:00 AM @ ROOM 2D AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
SB152 An Act Appropriating Funds For Rental Assistance Program Housing Inspections. - MONITOR (TRACKED ON 2/10)
Status: Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Appropriations (3/9)
To appropriate funds to the Department of Housing for the purpose of hiring additional full-time rental home inspectors for the rental assistance program.
Email Committee Members
Hearing Date(s):
Tue 2/17 11:00 AM @ ROOM 2D AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE
HB5042 An Act Protecting Renters From Rent Increases Upon Change Of Ownership. - OPPOSE (TRACKED ON 2/9)
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Housing (2/5)
To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.
Email Committee Members
HB5092 An Act Protecting Renters From Rent Increases Upon The Transfer Of Residential Property. - OPPOSE (TRACKED ON 2/9)
Status: File Number 180 (3/26)
To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.
Email Committee Members
Hearing Date(s):
Tue 2/24 10:00 AM @ ROOM 2A AND ZOOM AND YOUTUBE LIVE