Connecticut SB 257: AN ACT PERMITTING EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS TO ADMINISTER INTRANASAL GLUCAGON.

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 257
February Session, 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING EVICTIONS FOR CAUSE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 47a-23c of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 2
(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, this 3
section applies to any tenant who resides in a building or complex 4
consisting of five or more separate dwelling units or who resides in a 5
mobile manufactured home park and who: [is either: (A) Sixty-two] (A) 6
Is sixty-two years of age or older, or whose spouse, sibling, parent or 7
grandparent is sixty-two years of age or older and permanently resides 8
with that tenant, [or] (B) is a person with a physical or mental disability, 9
as defined in subdivision (12) of section 46a-64b, or whose spouse, 10
sibling, child, parent or grandparent is a person with a physical or 11
mental disability who permanently resides with that tenant, but only if 12
such disability can be expected to result in death or to last for a 13
continuous period of at least twelve months, or (C) has resided in such 14
building, complex or mobile manufactured home park pursuant to a 15
rental agreement for not less than twelve months, provided the landlord 16
did not (i) give a notice to quit possession to the tenant pursuant to 17
subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 47a-23, 18
as amended by this act, or subdivisions (2) and (3) of subsection (a) of 19

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section 47a-23, as amended by this act, during a lease period of more 20
than twelve months, and (ii) bring a summary process action pursuant 21
to chapter 832 against the tenant within ninety days of the date to quit 22
possession provided in such notice, which resulted in a judgment that 23
the landlord recover possession or occupancy of the premises. This 24
section shall not apply to a tenant who is the subject of a pending 25
summary process action that has been brought as described in 26
subparagraph (C) of this subdivision. 27
(2) With respect to tenants in common interest communities, this 28
section applies only to (A) a conversion tenant, as defined in 29
[subsection] subdivision (3) of section 47-283, who (i) is described in 30
subdivision (1) of this subsection, or (ii) is not described in subdivision 31
(1) of this subsection but, during a transition period, as defined in 32
[subsection] subdivision (4) of section 47-283, is residing in a conversion 33
condominium created after May 6, 1980, or in any other conversion 34
common interest community created after December 31, 1982, or (iii) is 35
not described in subdivision (1) of this subsection but is otherwise 36
protected as a conversion tenant by public act 80-370, and (B) a tenant 37
who is not a conversion tenant but who is described in subdivision (1) 38
of this subsection if [his] such tenant's landlord owns five or more 39
dwelling units in the common interest community in which the 40
dwelling unit is located. 41
(3) As used in this section, "tenant" includes each resident of a mobile 42
manufactured home park, as defined in section 21-64, including a 43
resident who owns [his own home] the home in which such resident 44
resides, "landlord" includes a "licensee" and an "owner" of a mobile 45
manufactured home park, as defined in section 21-64, "complex" means 46
two or more buildings on the same or contiguous parcels of real 47
property under the same ownership, and "mobile manufactured home 48
park" means a parcel of real property, or contiguous parcels of real 49
property under the same ownership, upon which five or more mobile 50
manufactured homes occupied for residential purposes are located. 51
(b) (1) No landlord may bring an action of summary process or other 52

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action to dispossess a tenant described in subsection (a) of this section 53
except for one or more of the following reasons: (A) Nonpayment of 54
rent; (B) refusal to agree to a fair and equitable rent increase, as [defined] 55
described in subsection (c) of this section; (C) material noncompliance 56
with section 47a-11 or subsection (b) of section 21-82, which materially 57
affects the health and safety of the other tenants or which materially 58
affects the physical condition of the premises; (D) voiding of the rental 59
agreement pursuant to section 47a-31, or material noncompliance with 60
the rental agreement; (E) material noncompliance with the rules and 61
regulations of the landlord adopted in accordance with section 47a-9 or 62
21-70; (F) permanent removal by the landlord of the dwelling unit of 63
such tenant from the housing market; [or] (G) bona fide intention by the 64
landlord to use such dwelling unit as [his] such landlord's principal 65
residence; or (H) if the tenant is not an individual described in 66
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