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Read. Follow. Verify.Connecticut requires fair rent commissions to provide written and oral notice of rights and authority to hearing parties
Last action · March 26, 2026: File Number 207Sponsor: Rob Sampson
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What This Bill Proposed
s must provide parties to a hearing with written notice of their rights and the commission's lawful authority before the hearing begins, as well as an oral announcement at the start of the hearing, starting October 1, 2026. The legislation also directs the Commissioner of Housing to develop and publish model notice materials on the Department of Housing website.
Landlords and tenants involved in municipal rent disputes receive standardized information regarding hearing procedures and legal limits before proceedings commence.
- Fair rent commissions in Connecticut are municipal bodies empowered to study rental charges, receive complaints, and control excessive rental charges on housing accommodations. 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.
landlords
Landlords participating in fair rent commission hearings receive mandatory written and oral disclosures regarding their rights and the commission's authority.
tenants
Tenants involved in rent dispute hearings receive mandatory written and oral notices explaining their rights and the scope of the commission's powers.
municipal fair rent commissions
Commissions must provide pre-hearing written notices and verbal opening announcements at every hearing in accordance with state models.
Department of Housing
The department and its commissioner must draft and publish model written notices and announcements on their internet website.
Key Facts
- Fair rent commissions are required to provide parties to a hearing with notice of their rights and the scope of the commission's lawful authority in writing before the hearing commences.
- Commissions must also provide an oral announcement of hearing rights and lawful authority at the beginning of each hearing.
- The Commissioner of Housing must create a model written notice and announcement and publish them on the Department of Housing website.
- Municipalities with a population of 15,000 or more are required to establish a fair rent commission, join a joint commission, or join a regional commission.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · on the Senate floor.
Procedural history
9 actions- Mar 26, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFile Number 207
- Mar 26, 2026SenateSenate Calendar Number 128
- Mar 26, 2026SenateFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
- Mar 26, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
- Mar 20, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReferred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/25/26 5:00 PM
- Mar 11, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
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- Mar 10, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyJoint Favorable
- Feb 27, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyPublic Hearing 03/03
- Feb 26, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyCommitteeReferred to Joint Committee on Housing
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Mandatory Procedural Disclosures for Rent Commissions
The state shifts from leaving hearing notification formats up to individual towns to requiring standardized state-modeled written and oral notices.
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Sources
cga.ct.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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