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Read. Follow. Verify.Connecticut adds nonvoting local elector to Siting Council proceedings for proposed facilities starting October 1, 2026
Last action · March 17, 2026: File Number 47Sponsors: Saud Anwar and 10 others
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What This Bill Proposed
To provide local representation on the Connecticut Siting Council.
Changes the composition of administrative panel proceedings by giving every host municipality direct representation during infrastructure reviews, backed by a state fund-supported $25,000 to $50,000 annual cost projection for member compensation.
- The Connecticut Siting Council is a state administrative board responsible for approving the siting of energy and telecommunications infrastructure, hazardous waste facilities, and ash residue disposal areas. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Connecticut Siting Council
The council must expand its membership for proceedings to include a nonvoting local elector and cover associated attendance compensation costs from its fund.
Municipalities
Chief elected officials gain the responsibility of appointing a local elector to represent the municipality during Siting Council proceedings.
Regional councils of governments
Regional councils of governments must appoint a local elector when a proposed facility is located across two or more municipalities.
Key Facts
- Beginning October 1, 2026, the Connecticut Siting Council must include one elector from the municipality where a facility is proposed for any proceeding occurring on or after that date.
- The local elector is appointed by the chief elected official of the municipality, or by the applicable regional council of governments if the facility spans two or more municipalities.
- The newly added local representative serves as a nonvoting member for the proceeding and must abide by all rules of confidentiality.
- Public members and ad hoc members of the council are compensated at a rate of $200 per day for attendance at public hearings, executive sessions, or other council business.
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- The fiscal note estimates an annual cost of $25,000 to $50,000 to the Siting Council Fund based on projected local representative attendance at meetings and hearings.
- The bill requires utilities and applicants to serve copies of facility applications to local municipal chief executives, planning and zoning commissions, and regional councils of governments.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · on the Senate floor.
Procedural history
9 actions- Mar 17, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFile Number 47
- Mar 17, 2026SenateSenate Calendar Number 57
- Mar 17, 2026SenateFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
- Mar 17, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
- Mar 10, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReferred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/16/26 5:00 PM
- Mar 5, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
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- Mar 4, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyJoint Favorable
- Feb 13, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyPublic Hearing 02/20
- Feb 11, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyCommitteeReferred to Joint Committee on Environment
Version history
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Discoveries
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Mandatory Local Representation Expansion
The legislation shifts council proceedings from relying solely on ad hoc members for specific waste facilities to requiring a general nonvoting local elector for all facility proceedings starting October 1, 2026.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 50)
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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