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Read. Follow. Verify.Connecticut bill defines advance rental payments and regulates tenant security deposits
Last action · February 27, 2026: Public Hearing 03/03Sponsor: Rob Sampson
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What This Bill Proposed
Senate Bill 333 formally defines s, separates them from s, and allows tenants with lease terms of six months or longer to offer advance rent starting October 1, 2026. The measure also bans landlords from charging move-in or move-out fees and clarifies tenant remedies when essential services fail.
Establishes clear legal rules differentiating pre-paid rent from s, directly impacting how much money landlords can collect at the start of a residential lease and how unearned rent must be returned.
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.
residential tenants
Tenants can offer advance rent for leases of six months or longer, are protected from move-in and move-out fees, and have clarified rights when essential services fail.
landlords
Landlords must distinguish between advance rent and security deposits, cannot charge move-in or move-out fees, and must return unearned advance rent under specific conditions.
mobile manufactured home park residents
Residents of mobile manufactured home parks are included under the definitions and protections regarding essential service failures.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between an advance rental payment and a security deposit under this bill?
Who is eligible to offer an advance rental payment?
Are landlords allowed to charge move-in or move-out fees?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Feb 27, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyPublic Hearing 03/03
- Feb 26, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyCommitteeReferred to Joint Committee on Housing
Version history
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Formal separation of advance rent and security deposits
The bill removes advance rental payments from the definition of security deposits and establishes distinct statutory rules for handling them.
Connected Entities
Sources
cga.ct.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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