Connecticut HB 5348: AN ACT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION TO THE LEGISLATIVE LEADERS OF THE PROPOSED ADOPTION OF AGENCY REGULATIONS AND THE STATE BUILDING AND FIRE CODES.

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5348
February Session, 2026

AN ACT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION TO THE LEGISLATIVE LEADERS
OF THE PROPOSED ADOPTION OF AGENCY REGULATIONS AND
THE STATE BUILDING AND FIRE CODES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 4-168 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 2
1, 2026, and applicable to regulations noticed on and after said date): 3
(a) Except as provided in subsections (g) and (h) of this section, an 4
agency, not less than thirty days prior to adopting a proposed 5
regulation, shall (1) post a notice of its intended action on the 6
eRegulations System, which notice shall include (A) a specified public 7
comment period of not less than thirty days, (B) a description 8
sufficiently detailed so as to apprise persons likely to be affected of the 9
issues and subjects involved in the proposed regulation, (C) a statement 10
of the purposes for which the regulation is proposed, (D) a reference to 11
the statutory authority for the proposed regulation, (E) when, where 12
and how interested persons may obtain a copy of the small business 13
impact and regulatory flexibility analysis required pursuant to section 14
4-168a, and (F) when, where and how interested persons may present 15
their views on the proposed regulation; (2) post a copy of the proposed 16
regulation on the eRegulations System; (3) give notice electronically to 17
each joint standing committee of the General Assembly having 18
cognizance of the subject matter of the proposed regulation, the speaker 19

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of the House of Representatives, the president pro tempore of the Senate 20
and the majority and minority leaders of the House Representatives and 21
Senate; (4) prior to January 1, 2017, give notice electronically or provide 22
a paper copy notice, if requested, to all persons who have made requests 23
to the agency for advance notice of its regulation-making proceedings; 24
(5) provide a paper copy or electronic version of the proposed regulation 25
to persons requesting it; and (6) prepare a fiscal note, including an 26
estimate of the cost or of the revenue impact (A) on the state or any 27
municipality of the state, and (B) on small businesses in the state, 28
including an estimate of the number of small businesses subject to the 29
proposed regulation and the projected costs, including, but not limited 30
to, reporting, recordkeeping and administrative, associated with 31
compliance with the proposed regulation and, if applicable, the 32
regulatory flexibility analysis prepared under section 4-168a. The 33
governing body of any municipality, if requested, shall provide the 34
agency, within twenty working days, with any information that may be 35
necessary for analysis in preparation of such fiscal note. On and after 36
January 1, 2017, each such agency shall mail a paper copy of the notice 37
posted pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, not later than five 38
days after posting such notice, to any person who has requested 39
advance notice of the agency's regulation-making proceedings on or 40
after October 1, 2016. 41
Sec. 2. Subsection (c) of section 29-252b of the general statutes is 42
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 43
1, 2026, and applicable to any code noticed on and after said date): 44
(c) Prior to the adoption of the State Building Code and any 45
amendments thereto, the State Building Inspector shall (1) post any 46
proposed code, a statement of purpose for which the proposed code is 47
proposed, a fiscal note associated with compliance with the proposed 48
code prepared pursuant to section 4-168, as amended by this act, and a 49
regulatory flexibility analysis prepared pursuant to section 4-168a on 50
the Internet web site of the Department of Administrative Services, (2) 51
give notice electronically to the joint standing committee of the General 52
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety and 53

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security, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the president pro 54
tempore of the Senate and the majority and minority leaders of the 55
House Representatives and Senate, (3) give notice to any person who 56
has requested the State Building Inspector for advance notice of its 57
proposed code adoption proceedings, (4) provide for a public comment 58
period of forty-five days following the posting of such proposed code, 59
fiscal note and regulatory flexibility analysis, and (5) hold a public 60
hearing on the proposed code not less than twenty nor more than thirty-61
five days after such posting. 62
Sec. 3. Subsection (c) of section 29-291e of the general statutes is 63
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 64
1, 2026, and applicable to any co