Connecticut SB 274: AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD AND OTHER FAMILY PLANNING CLINICS.

Bill Text

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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 274
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 1255

Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT

Introduced by:
(PD)

AN ACT CONCERNING NONRESIDENT LANDLORD REGISTRATION
AND INCREASING PENALTIES FOR REPEAT BUILDING AND FIRE
CODE VIOLATIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 47a-6a of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 2
(a) As used in this section: [,] 3
(1) ["address"] "Address" means a location as described by the full 4
street number, if any, the street name, the city or town, and the state, 5
and not a mailing address such as a post office box; [,] 6
(2) ["dwelling unit"] "Dwelling unit" means any house or building, or 7
portion thereof, which is rented, leased or hired out to be occupied, or 8
is arranged or designed to be occupied, or is occupied, as the home or 9
residence of one or more persons, living independently of each other, 10
and doing their cooking upon the premises, and having a common right 11
in the halls, stairways or yards; [,] 12

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(3) ["agent in charge"] "Agent in charge" or "agent" means [one] an 13
individual who manages real [estate] property, including, but not 14
limited to, the collection of rents, [and] supervision and maintenance of 15
such property, and ensuring such property complies with state and local 16
codes; 17
(4) ["controlling participant"] "Controlling participant" means an 18
individual [that] who exercises day-to-day financial or operational 19
control; [, and] 20
(5) ["project-based housing provider"] "Project-based housing 21
provider" means a property owner who contracts with the United States 22
Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide housing to 23
tenants under the federal Housing Choice Voucher Program, 42 USC 24
1437f(o); 25
(6) "Identifying information" means proof of an individual's name, 26
date of birth, current residential address, motor vehicle operator's 27
license number or other identification number issued by any 28
government agency or entity; 29
(7) "Nonresident owner" means an individual, corporation, 30
partnership, trust or other legally recognized entity, who does not reside 31
at rental real property, who is (A) an owner, as defined in section 47a-1, 32
of such real property, or (B) the controlling participant of the entity that 33
owns such real property; and 34
(8) "Population" means the number of persons according to the most 35
recent federal decennial census. 36
(b) Any municipality with a population of fewer than twenty-five 37
thousand may, and any municipality with a population of twenty-five 38
thousand or more shall, require the nonresident owner or project-based 39
housing provider of occupied or vacant rental real property to report to 40
the tax assessor, or other municipal [office] officer designated by the 41
municipality, the current residential address of the (1) nonresident 42
owner or project-based housing provider of such property, if the 43

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nonresident owner or project-based housing provider is an individual, 44
or [the current residential address of the] (2) agent in charge of the 45
building, if the nonresident owner or project-based housing provider is 46
a corporation, partnership, trust or other legally recognized entity. 47
[owning rental real property in the state.] If [the] a nonresident [owners] 48
owner or project-based housing [providers are] provider is a 49
corporation, partnership, trust or other legally recognized entity, 50
[owning rental real property in the state,] such report shall also include 51
identifying information and the current residential address of each 52
controlling participant associated with the property. If such residential 53
address changes, [notice of] the new residential address shall be 54
[provided] reported by such nonresident owner, project-based housing 55
provider or agent in charge of the building to the office of the tax 56
assessor or other designated municipal [office] officer not more than 57
twenty-one days after the date that the address change occurred. If the 58
nonresident owner, project-based housing provider or agent fails to 59
[file] report an address under this section, the address to which the 60
municipality mails property tax bills for the rental real property shall be 61
deemed to be the nonresident owner, project-based housing provider or 62
agent's current address. Such address may be used for compliance with 63
the provisions of subsection [(c)] (d) of this section. 64
(c) In addition to the residential address required pursuant to 65
subsection (b) of this section, any municipality with a population of 66
twenty-five thousand or more shall require the nonresident owner, 67
project-based housing provider or agent in charge, as applicable, to 68
report to the tax assessor,