Connecticut SB 332: AN ACT CONCERNING NOTICE TO PARTIES BEFORE A FAIR RENT COMMISSION.

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 332
February Session, 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING NOTICE TO PARTIES BEFORE A FAIR RENT
COMMISSION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 7-148b of the 2026 supplement to 1
the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 2
thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 3
(b) Any municipality may, and each municipality with a population 4
of fifteen thousand or more, as determined by the most recent decennial 5
census, shall, through its legislative body, adopt an ordinance that (1) 6
creates a fair rent commission, (2) establishes or joins the municipality 7
in a joint fair rent commission pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, 8
or (3) joins the municipality in a regional fair rent commission pursuant 9
to subsection (e) of this section. Any such commission shall make 10
studies and investigations, conduct hearings and receive complaints 11
relative to rental charges on housing accommodations, except those 12
accommodations rented on a seasonal basis, within its jurisdiction, 13
which term shall include mobile manufactured homes and mobile 14
manufactured home park lots, in order to control and eliminate 15
excessive rental charges on such accommodations, and to carry out the 16
provisions of sections 7-148b to 7-148f, inclusive, section 47a-20 and 17
subsection (b) of section 47a-23c. The commission, for such purposes, 18
may compel the attendance of persons at hearings, issue subpoenas and 19
administer oaths, issue orders and continue, review, amend, terminate 20

Substitute Bill No. 332

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or suspend any of its orders and decisions. The commission may be 21
empowered to retain legal counsel to advise it. In any hearing of the 22
commission, such commission shall notify the parties to such hearing of 23
their rights under such hearing and the scope of such commission's 24
lawful authority (1) in writing before the commencement of a hearing, 25
and (2) in an announcement at the beginning of each hearing. The 26
Commissioner of Housing shall create a model written notice and 27
announcement and make such models available on the Department of 28
Housing's Internet web site. All hearings conducted pursuant to this 29
section shall be open to the public. 30
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 October 1, 2026 7-148b(b)

Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
The new language was moved for consistency with standard drafting
conventions.

HSG Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO