Connecticut HB 5536: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A STATE SHORT-TERM RENTAL REGISTRY.

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General Assembly  
Substitute Bill No. 5536  
February Session, 2026 
 
 
 
 
 
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A STATE SHORT-TERM RENTAL REGISTRY.  
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 
"short-term  rental",  "short-term rental  facilitator",  "short-term  rental 2 
operator"   and   "short-term   platform"   have   the   same   meanings   as 3 
provided in section 12-408h of the general statutes. 4 
(b) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, each 5 
short-term  rental  operator  that  lists  or  advertises  a  short-term  rental 6 
located in the state and each owner of a short-term rental located in the 7 
state who lists or advertises such rental solely through means other than 8 
a short-term rental facilitator shall register each such short-term rental 9 
property annually with the Department of Revenue Services, in a form 10 
and manner prescribed by the Commissioner of Revenue Services. Each 11 
such operator or owner that lists or advertises a short-term rental prior 12 
to  January  1,  2027,  shall  register  such  short-term  rental  property  with 13 
the department not later than January 1, 2027. On and after January 1, 14 
2027, no such operator or owner shall list or advertise a short-term rental 15 
prior   to   registering   such   short-term   rental   property   with   the 16 
department. 17 
(2) The provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall not apply 18 
to  a  short-term rental property that  is  duly  licensed  by  a  municipality 19 

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that has elected to adopt an ordinance as set forth in section 7-148qq of 20 
the general statutes. 21 
(3) Each short-term rental property shall be registered separately and 22 
each registration shall include: 23 
(A) The address of the short-term rental; 24 
(B) (i) (I) The name and contact information of the short-term rental 25 
operator  and,  if  such  operator  is  not  the  short-term  rental  owner,  the 26 
name and contact information of the short-term rental owner, or (II) the 27 
name  and  contact  information  of  the  owner  of  a  short-term  rental 28 
located  in  the  state  who  lists  or  advertises  such  rental  solely  through 29 
means  other  than  a  short-term  rental  facilitator,  and  (ii)  if  such  short-30 
term rental operator or short-term rental owner is a business entity and 31 
located out-of-state, the name and contact information of an agent in the 32 
state for service of process; and 33 
(C)  A  registration  fee  of  one  hundred  dollars  per  short-term  rental 34 
property  for  the  administrative  costs  of  establishing,  updating  and 35 
maintaining  the  short-term  rental  registry  under  subsection  (c)  of  this 36 
section. 37 
(c) (1) The Commissioner of Revenue Services shall establish a short-38 
term  rental  registry  to  compile  the  registrations  submitted  under  this 39 
section.  Such  registry  shall  be  posted  on  the  Department  of  Revenue 40 
Services'  Internet  web  site  and  shall  be  searchable  or  organized  in  a 41 
manner  that  allows  an  individual  to  view  the  registered  short-term 42 
rentals that are located within a given municipality. 43 
(2)   A   short-term   rental   operator   or   a   short-term   rental   owner 44 
described in subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section shall notify 45 
the   commissioner   of   any   change   in   the   registration   information 46 
provided under subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of this section not later 47 
than thirty days after such change takes effect. 48 
(d) If the Commissioner of Revenue Services determines that a short-49 

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term   rental   operator   or   a   short-term   rental   owner   described   in 50 
subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section is listing or advertising a 51 
short-term rental for a property that is not registered under subsection 52 
(b) of this section or duly licensed by a municipality that has elected to 53 
adopt an ordinance as set forth in section 7-148qq of the general statutes, 54 
the  commissioner  may  impose  a  civil  penalty  of  up  to  one  thousand 55 
dollars per violation on such operator or owner. 56 
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following 
sections: 
 
Section 1 
October 1, 2026 
New section 
 
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