Connecticut HB 5395: AN ACT CONCERNING ADVANCED DEPOSIT WAGERING.

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5395
February Session, 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING MODULAR OR PREFABRICATED HOMES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2026) (a) As used in this section: 1
(1) "Modular or prefabricated home" or "unit" means a completely 2
assembled and erected building or structure containing one dwelling 3
unit, as defined in section 47a-1 of the general statutes, including 4
prefabricated unit service equipment, of which the structural parts 5
consist of prefabricated units or prefabricated subassemblies. "Modular 6
or prefabricated home" does not include any mobile manufactured 7
home, as defined in section 21-64 of the general statutes; 8
(2) "Prefabricated subassembly" means a built-up combination of 9
several structural elements designed and fabricated as an assembled 10
section of wall, ceiling, floor or roof to be incorporated into a building 11
or structure by on-site erection of two or more such subassemblies; 12
(3) "Prefabricated unit" means a built-up section forming an 13
individual structural element of a building or structure, such as a beam, 14
girder, plank, strut, column or truss, the integrated parts of which are 15
prefabricated, including the necessary means for erection and 16
connection at the site to complete the structural frame; 17

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(4) "Prefabricated unit service equipment" means mechanical units, 18
fixtures and accessories comprising a complete service unit of 19
mechanical equipment, including bathroom and kitchen plumbing 20
assemblies, unit heating and air conditioning systems and loop-wiring 21
assemblies of electric circuits which may be either prefabricated or 22
constructed on site; and 23
(5) "Prefabricated" means fabricated prior to erection or installation 24
in a building or structure. 25
(b) No zoning regulations adopted pursuant to section 8-2 of the 26
general statutes or any special act shall impose conditions and 27
requirements on any modular or prefabricated home or on lots 28
containing any such home if those conditions and requirements are 29
substantially different from conditions and requirements imposed by 30
the municipality on (1) single-family dwellings, or (2) lots containing 31
single-family dwellings. 32
(c) Upon the adoption of zoning regulations that allow for the 33
development of a modular or prefabricated home as described in 34
subsection (b) of this section, a municipality shall be awarded one-35
quarter housing unit-equivalent point pursuant to subdivision (6) of 36
subsection (l) of section 8-30g of the general statutes, as amended by this 37
act, for each such unit for which a certificate of occupancy has been 38
issued by the municipality if such unit does not qualify for any other 39
housing unit-equivalent points pursuant to said subdivision. 40
Sec. 2. Subdivisions (6) and (7) of subsection (l) of section 8-30g of the 41
2026 supplement to the general statutes are repealed and the following 42
is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 43
(6) For the purposes of this subsection, housing unit-equivalent 44
points shall be determined by the commissioner as follows: (A) No 45
points shall be awarded for a unit unless its occupancy is restricted to 46
persons and families whose income is equal to or less than eighty per 47
cent of the median income, except that one-quarter point shall be 48
awarded for each (i) unrestricted [units] unit in a set-aside development, 49

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[shall be awarded one-quarter point each, and] (ii) dwelling [units] unit 50
in a transit community middle housing [developments] development 51
developed pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 8-2s, 52
[shall be awarded one-quarter point each] and (iii) modular or 53
prefabricated home unit, as specified in subsection (b) of section 1 of this 54
act; (B) family units restricted to persons and families whose income is 55
equal to or less than eighty per cent of the median income shall be 56
awarded one point if an ownership unit and one and one-half points if 57
a rental unit; (C) family units restricted to persons and families whose 58
income is equal to or less than sixty per cent of the median income shall 59
be awarded one and one-half points if an ownership unit and two points 60
if a rental unit; (D) family units restricted to persons and families whose 61
income is equal to or less than forty per cent of the median income shall 62
be awarded two points if an ownership unit and two and one-half points 63
if a rental unit; (E) elderly units restricted to persons and families whose 64
income is equal to or less than eighty per cent of the median income shall 65
be awarded one-half point; (F) a set-aside development containing 66
family units which are rental units shall be awarded additional points 67
equal to twenty-two per cent of the total po