LCO No. 2236 1 of 1
General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6493
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 2236
Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
REP. ROCHELLE, 104th Dist.
REP. BUMGARDNER, 41st Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING OWNERS OF SHORT -TERM RENTALS TO
REGISTER IN A STATE-WIDE REGISTRY AND PAY A TAX ON UNITS
THAT ARE NOT OWNER -OCCUPIED.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require (1) the Department 1
of Revenue Services to establish a state-wide registry of short-term 2
rentals in the state, and (2) the owner of a short-term rental unit to 3
register with such registry and pay a tax on any such unit that is not 4
owner-occupied, provided the revenue from such tax be distributed as 5
follows: Fifty per cent to municipalities, twenty-five per cent to the state 6
to be provided to community action agencies for housing support 7
initiatives and twenty-five per cent to the Time to Own program. 8
Statement of Purpose:
To require the owner of a short-term rental unit to register in a state-
wide registry and pay a tax on such units that are not owner-occupied.