Connecticut SB 333: AN ACT CONCERNING REIMBURSEMENTS FOR CERTAIN COVERED HEALTH BENEFITS.

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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 333
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Referred to Committee on HOUSING

Introduced by:
(HSG)

AN ACT DEFINING ADVANCE RENTAL PAYMENTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 47a-21 of the 2026 1
supplement to the general statutes are repealed and the following is 2
substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 3
(a) As used in this chapter: 4
(1) "Accrued interest" means the interest due on a security deposit as 5
provided in subsection (i) of this section, compounded annually to the 6
extent applicable. 7
(2) "Advance rental payment" means a payment of any amount, up to 8
the remaining amount owed on the lease term, intended to serve as 9
partial or full payment of rent that is not yet due, but does not include a 10
security deposit. 11
[(2)] (3) "Commissioner" means the Banking Commissioner. 12
[(3)] (4) "Escrow account" means any account at a financial institution 13

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which is not subject to execution by the creditors of the escrow agent 14
and includes a clients' funds account. 15
[(4)] (5) "Escrow agent" means the person in whose name an escrow 16
account is maintained. 17
[(5)] (6) "Financial institution" means any state bank and trust 18
company, national bank, savings bank, federal savings bank, savings 19
and loan association, and federal savings and loan association that is 20
located in this state. 21
[(6)] (7) "Forwarding address" means the address to which a security 22
deposit may be mailed for delivery to a former tenant. 23
[(7)] (8) "Landlord" means any landlord of residential real property, 24
and includes (A) any receiver; (B) any successor; and (C) any tenant who 25
sublets his premises. 26
[(8)] (9) "Receiver" means any person who is appointed or authorized 27
by any state, federal or probate court to receive rents from tenants, and 28
includes trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, conservators, 29
receivers, and receivers of rent. 30
[(9)] (10) "Rent receiver" means a receiver who lacks court 31
authorization to return security deposits and to inspect the premises of 32
tenants and former tenants. 33
[(10)] (11) "Residential real property" means real property containing 34
one or more residential units, including residential units not owned by 35
the landlord, and containing one or more tenants who paid a security 36
deposit. 37
[(11)] (12) "Security deposit" means any [advance rental payment, or 38
any] installment payment collected pursuant to section 47a-22a, [except 39
an advance payment for the first month's rent or a deposit for a key or 40
any special equipment.] or any payment, fee, deposit or charge imposed 41
at the beginning of the tenancy to be used to reimburse the landlord for: 42

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(A) The repair of damages to the premises, exclusive of ordinary wear 43
and tear, caused by the tenant or by a guest or licensee of the tenant; 44
(B) The cleaning of the premises upon termination of the tenancy 45
necessary to return the unit to the same level of cleanliness it was in at 46
the inception of the tenancy; or 47
(C) To remedy future defaults by the tenant in any obligation under 48
the rental agreement to restore, replace or return personal property or 49
appurtenances, exclusive of ordinary wear and tear, if the security 50
deposit is authorized to be applied thereto by the rental agreement. 51
[(12)] (13) "Successor" means any person who succeeds to a landlord's 52
interest whether by purchase, foreclosure or otherwise and includes a 53
receiver. 54
[(13)] (14) "Tenant" [means a tenant, as defined in] has the same 55
meaning as provided in section 47a-1, or a [resident] "resident", as 56
defined in section 21-64. 57
[(14)] (15) "Tenant's obligations" means (A) the amount of any rental 58
or utility payment due the landlord from a tenant; (B) a tenant's 59
obligations under the provisions of section 47a-11; and (C) the actual 60
reasonable cost of changing the locks of the dwelling unit pursuant to 61
section 47a-7b, if the tenant has not paid such cost. 62
(b) (1) In the case of a tenant under sixty-two years of age, a landlord 63
shall not demand a security deposit in an amount that exceeds two 64
months' rent. 65
(2) In the case of a tenant sixty-two years of age or older, a landlord 66
shall not demand a security deposit in an amount that exceeds one 67
month's rent. Any landlord who has received a security deposit in an 68
amount that exceeds one month's rent from a tenant who becomes sixty-69
two years of age after paying such security deposit shall return the 70
portion of such security deposit that exceeds one month's rent to the 71

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tenant upon the tenant's request. 72
(3) (A) Any tenant with a rental agreement term equal to or longer 73
than six months may offer, and the lan