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Read. Follow. Verify.Connecticut bill mandates identification and reporting for nonresident residential property owners starting October 2026
Last action · April 7, 2026: Tabled for the Calendar, HouseSponsors: Gary Winfield and 8 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Beginning October 1, 2026, municipalities with a population of 25,000 or more must require nonresident owners and s to report current residential addresses and specific identifying information to designated municipal officers. Nonresident owners and agents must update address changes within 21 days, and failure to comply results in fines ranging from $250 to $1,000.
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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.
Nonresident owners
Nonresident owners must submit residential addresses and identifying information to municipal tax assessors and face fines between $250 and $1,000 for noncompliance.
Project-based housing providers
Project-based housing providers are subject to mandatory reporting of residential addresses and identifying information to local municipal officers.
Municipal tax assessors
Municipal tax assessors or designated officers are responsible for receiving and maintaining confidential reports of nonresident owner contact and identifying details.
Key Facts
- Municipalities with a population of 25,000 or more must require nonresident owners and project-based housing providers to report current residential addresses and identifying information to the tax assessor or designated municipal officer.
- If a nonresident owner or project-based housing provider is a corporation, partnership, trust, or other legally recognized entity, the report must include identifying information and residential addresses for each controlling participant.
- Address changes must be reported to the designated municipal office within 21 days of the change occurring.
- Failure to file an address causes the municipality to deem the address used for mailing property tax bills as the current address for service purposes.
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- Violations of this section constitute a violation punishable by a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $1,000.
- Reports provided to tax assessors or municipal officers on or after October 1, 2023, are confidential and exempt from chapter 14 disclosure.
- Landlords are statutorily required to comply with the reporting requirements established under section 47a-6a.
Frequently Asked Questions
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What happens if a property owner fails to update their address?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Tabled in the House.
Procedural history
15 actions- Apr 7, 2026HouseTabled for the Calendar, House
- Apr 7, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyNo New File by Committee on Planning and Development
- Apr 7, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
- Apr 7, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
- Apr 6, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyJoint Favorable
- Mar 31, 2026HouseReferred by House to Committee on Planning and Development
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- Mar 23, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFile Number 105
- Mar 23, 2026HouseHouse Calendar Number 99
- Mar 23, 2026HouseFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
- Mar 23, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
- Mar 16, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReferred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/23/26 12:00 PM
- Mar 6, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
- Mar 5, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyJoint Favorable Substitute
- Feb 13, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyPublic Hearing 02/17
- Feb 11, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyCommitteeReferred to Joint Committee on Housing
Version history
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Shift from Infraction to Fined Violations
The bill amends prior law by replacing an unspecified infraction designation with explicit monetary fines ranging from $250 to $1,000.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy30Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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