OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS Legislative Office Building, Room 5200 Hartford, CT 06106 (860) 240-0200 http://www.cga.ct.gov/ofa SB-194 AN ACT ESTABLISHING A RIGHT TO HOUSING. AMENDMENT LCO No.: 9029 File Copy No.: 139 Senate Calendar No.: 133 Primary Analyst: MP 5/20/21 Contributing Analyst(s): (EF) OFA Fiscal Note Eliminates Fiscal Impact in Bill The amendment eliminates the costs in the underlying bill by eliminating the provisions that would require the Department of Housing to hire two to four new staff. The amendment also makes other changes that are not anticipated to change the fiscal impact of the underlying bill. As with the underlying bill, the amendment does not mandate or require the state to spend additional funds on programs or services related to the components of the "right to housing" as enumerated. The preceding Fiscal Impact statement is prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for the purposes of information, summarization and explanation and does not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose. In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge. Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.