LCO No. 1287 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 520 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 1287 Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT Introduced by: SEN. SAMPSON, 16th Dist. AN ACT REQUIRING PUBLIC HEARINGS ON GROUP HOME APPLICATIONS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to provide that when an 1 application for a new group home is filed, the planning and zoning 2 commission in the municipality in which the group home is to be 3 located shall conduct a public hearing on such application prior to 4 issuing a final approval. 5 Statement of Purpose: To require public hearings on applications for new group homes.