Connecticut SB 408: AN ACT CONCERNING LIQUOR PERMITS, FIRE SAFETY AND PREVENTION INSPECTIONS, THE REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION AND JUICE BARS.

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General Assembly  
Substitute Bill No. 408  
February Session, 2026 
 
 
 
 
 
AN ACT CONCERNING LIQUOR PERMITS, FIRE SAFETY AND 
PREVENTION INSPECTIONS, THE REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN 
INFORMATION AND JUICE BARS.  
Be  it enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section 1. Subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 30-39 of the 2026 1 
supplement  to  the  general  statutes  is  repealed  and  the  following  is 2 
substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 3 
(b) (1) Any  person  desiring  a  liquor  permit  or  a  renewal  of  such  a 4 
permit shall make an affirmed application therefor to the Department of 5 
Consumer  Protection,  upon  forms  to  be  furnished  by  the  department, 6 
showing  the  name  and  address  of  the  applicant  and  of  the  applicant's 7 
backer, if any, the location of the club or place of business which is to be 8 
operated  under  such  permit  and  a  financial  statement  setting  forth  all 9 
elements  and  details  of  any  business  transactions  connected  with  the 10 
application. Such application shall include a detailed description of the 11 
type  of  live  entertainment  that  is  to  be  provided.  A  club  or  place  of 12 
business shall be exempt from providing such detailed description if the 13 
club or place of business (A) was issued a liquor permit prior to October 14 
1, 1993, and (B) has not altered the type of entertainment provided. The 15 
application shall also indicate any crimes of which the applicant or the 16 
applicant's backer may have been convicted. The department shall not 17 
review  an  initial  application  until  the  applicant  has  submitted  all 18 

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documents necessary to establish that state and local building, fire and 19 
zoning  requirements  and  local  ordinances  concerning  hours  and  days 20 
of sale will be met, except that local building and zoning requirements 21 
and local ordinances concerning hours and days of sale shall not apply 22 
to a cafe permit issued under subsection (d) or (h) of section 30-22a. If 23 
the applicant does not submit all such documents within the thirty-day 24 
period  beginning  on  the  date  on  which  the  department  receives  the 25 
initial  application,  or  if  such  documents  are  not  fully  executed  by  the 26 
appropriate   authorities,   such   initial   application   shall   be   deemed 27 
withdrawn and invalid. The State Fire Marshal or the marshal's certified 28 
designee shall be responsible for approving compliance with the State 29 
Fire  Code  at  Bradley  International  Airport.  Any  person  desiring  a 30 
permit provided for in section 30-33b shall file a copy of such person's 31 
license   with   such   application   if   such   license   was   issued   by   the 32 
Department  of  Consumer  Protection.  The  department  may,  at  its 33 
discretion,  conduct  an  investigation to  determine  (i)  whether  a  permit 34 
shall  be  issued  to  an  applicant  or  the  applicant's  backer,  or  (ii)  the 35 
suitability   of   the   proposed   permit   premises.   Completion   of   an 36 
inspection pursuant to subsection (f) of section 29-305, as amended by 37 
this act, shall not be deemed to constitute a precondition to renewal of a 38 
permit that is subject to subsection (f) of section 29-305, as amended by 39 
this act, but each applicant for the renewal of such permit shall certify 40 
on  the  renewal  application  that  such  inspection  has  occurred  or  will 41 
occur within the calendar year. 42 
Sec.  2.  Section  29-305  of  the  general  statutes  is  repealed  and  the 43 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 44 
(a) Each local fire marshal and the State Fire Marshal, for the purpose 45 
of  satisfying  themselves  that  all  pertinent  statutes  and  regulations  are 46 
complied with, may inspect in the interests of public safety all buildings, 47 
facilities,  processes,  equipment,  systems  and  other  areas  regulated  by 48 
the  Fire  Safety  Code and  the  State  Fire  Prevention  Code  within  their 49 
respective jurisdictions. 50 
(b) Each local fire marshal shall inspect, or cause to be inspected by a 51 

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member   of   the   local   fire   department   or   a   qualified   third   party 52 
designated  by  the  local  fire  marshal,  at  least  once [each] every  two 53 
calendar [year] years or as often as prescribed by the State Fire Marshal 54 
pursuant to subsection (e) of this section, in the interests of public safety, 55 
all   buildings   and   facilities   of   public   service   and   all   occupancies 56 
regulated by the Fire Safety Code or State Fire Prevention Code within 57 
the   local   fire   marshal's   jurisdiction,   except   residential   buildings 58 
designed to be occupied by one or two famili