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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6249
January Session, 2025
AN ACT LIMITING APPEALS UNDER THE CONNECTICUT
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 22a-19 of the general statutes is amended by adding 1
subsection (c) as follows (Effective October 1, 2025): 2
(NEW) (c) In any judicial review of any administrative, licensing or 3
other proceeding for a residential building permit application, at the 4
request of any party to such judicial review, not more than thirty days 5
after the filing of such a request, the court shall hold an expedited 6
hearing at which any and all parties intervening pursuant to this section 7
shall make a prima facie showing that the unreasonable pollution 8
alleged pursuant to subsection (a) of this section is reasonably likely to 9
occur. The court shall determine whether the intervenor has made a 10
prima facie showing as soon as is practicable. If the intervenor cannot 11
make a prima facie showing that the conduct that is the subject of 12
judicial review has, or is reasonably likely to have, the effect of 13
unreasonably polluting, impairing or destroying the public trust in the 14
air, water or other natural resources of the state, such matter shall be 15
subject to dismissal. For the purposes of this subsection, (1) "residential 16
building permit application" means any building permit application 17
submitted in connection with the proposed construction or renovation 18
of a structure that contains one or more dwelling units, and (2) "dwelling 19 Substitute Bill No. 6249
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unit" has the same meaning as provided in section 47a-1. 20
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2025 22a-19(c)
ENV Joint Favorable Subst.