Connecticut SB 233: AN ACT CONCERNING CONSUMER PROTECTIONS REGARDING RESIDENTIAL SOLAR AND ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS.

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Substitute Senate Bill No. 233 
 
Public Act No. 26-16 
 
 
AN  ACT  CONCERNING  CONSUMER  PROTECTIONS  REGARDING 
RESIDENTIAL SOLAR AND ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section  1.  Section  42-134a of  the  2026  supplement  to  the  general 
statutes  is  repealed  and  the  following  is  substituted  in  lieu  thereof 
(Effective October 1, 2026): 
As used in this chapter and section 2 of this act: 
(1) "Business day" means any calendar day except Saturday, Sunday 
or  any  legal  holiday  designated,  appointed  or  recommended  under 
section 1-4; 
(2)    "Commissioner"    means    the    Commissioner    of    Consumer 
Protection; 
(3)  "Consumer"  means  any  individual  who  is  physically  present  in 
this  state  and  a  prospective  recipient  of  consumer  goods  or  consumer 
services; 
(4) "Consumer  good"  (A)  means  any  article  purchased,  leased  or 
rented  primarily  for  personal,  family  or  household  purposes,  and  (B) 
includes, but is not limited to, any residential solar photovoltaic system 

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or residential energy storage system; 
(5) "Consumer  service"  (A)  means  any  service  purchased,  leased  or 
rented  primarily  for  personal,  family  or  household  purposes,  and  (B) 
includes,  but  is  not  limited  to,  any  course  of  instruction  or  training, 
regardless of the purpose for which such course is taken; 
(6) "Department" means the Department of Consumer Protection; 
[(1)] (7) "Home solicitation sale" (A) means a sale, lease [,] or rental of 
any consumer [goods] good or [services] consumer  service,  whether 
under single or multiple contracts, in which the seller or [his] the seller's 
authorized  sales representative  personally  solicits  the  sale, lease  or 
rental, including, [those] but not limited to, any sale, lease or rental in 
response to or following an invitation by the [buyer] consumer, and the 
[buyer's] consumer's agreement  or  offer  to  purchase,  lease  or  rent is 
made  at  a  place  other than  the seller's place of  business; [of  the  seller. 
The  term  "home  solicitation  sale"] and  (B) does  not  include [a] any 
transaction: [(A)] (i) Made pursuant to prior negotiations in the course 
of  a  visit  by  the [buyer] consumer to  a  retail  business  establishment 
having a fixed, permanent location where consumer goods are exhibited 
or [the] consumer services  are  offered  for  sale,  lease  or  rental on  a 
continuing  basis; [(B)] (ii) in  which  the [buyer] consumer has  initiated 
the contact and the consumer goods or consumer services are needed to 
meet   a   bona   fide   immediate   personal   emergency   of   the [buyer] 
consumer, and the [buyer] consumer furnishes the seller with a separate 
dated   and   signed   personal   statement   in   the [buyer's] consumer's 
handwriting describing the situation requiring immediate remedy and 
expressly acknowledging and waiving the right to cancel the sale, lease 
or   rental within   three   business   days; [(C)] (iii) conducted   and 
consummated  entirely  by  mail  or  telephone  and  without  any  other 
contact between the [buyer] consumer and the seller or [its] the seller's 
authorized sales representative prior to delivery of the consumer goods 
or performance of the consumer services; [(D)] (iv) in which the [buyer] 

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consumer has initiated the contact and specifically requested the seller 
to  visit [his] the  consumer's home  for  the  purpose  of  repairing  or 
performing   maintenance   upon   the [buyer's] consumer's personal 
property. If, in the course of such a visit, the seller sells, leases or rents 
to the [buyer] consumer the  right  to  receive  additional [services  or 
goods] consumer  goods  or  consumer  services other  than  replacement 
parts necessarily used in performing the maintenance or in making the 
repairs,  the  sale  of  those  additional consumer goods  or consumer 
services  shall  not  come  within [this] the exclusion established  in  this 
clause; [(E)] (v) pertaining to the sale, lease or rental of real property, to 
the sale of insurance, to the sale of newspapers or to the sale of securities 
or  commodities  by  a  broker-dealer  registered  with  the [securities  and 
exchange  commission;  (F)] Securities  and  Exchange  Commission;  (vi) 
made pursuant to a home party plan sales and demonstration; or [(G)] 
(vii) in  the  case  of  consumer  goods,  other  than  magazine  sales  or 
subscriptions,  where  the  purchase  price,  whether  under  single  or 
multiple contracts, does not exceed twenty-five dollars; [.] 
[(2) "Consumer   goods   or   services"   means   goods   or   services 
purchased,   leased,   or   rented   primarily   for   personal,   family,   or 
household   purposes,   includ