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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6858
January Session, 2025
AN ACT CONCERNING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING TICKETS, VETERAN OR
MILITARY BENEFIT SERVICES, THE STATE CODE OF ETHICS,
UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD, THE SOLICITATION OF CHARITABLE
FUNDS ACT AND REAL ESTATE LISTING PROVIDERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) (a) As used in this section, 1
"ticket reseller" means any person who advertises or facilitates the resale 2
of any ticket to an entertainment event. 3
(b) (1) No ticket reseller shall enter into a contract with a purchaser 4
for the resale of any ticket to an entertainment event, or accept from a 5
purchaser any consideration as payment in full or as a deposit for the 6
resale of any such ticket, unless the ticket reseller: 7
(A) Is in possession of such ticket; 8
(B) Has entered into a written contract (i) (I) with the person who is 9
in possession of such ticket, or (II) with a person who has a contractual 10
right to obtain such ticket from the person who is in possession of such 11
ticket, and (ii) that entitles such ticket reseller to obtain such ticket from 12
a person described in subparagraph (B)(i) of this subdivision at a price 13
specified in such written contract; or 14 Substitute Bill No. 6858
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(C) Discloses to the purchaser orally or in writing at the time such 15
ticket reseller enters into such contract with such purchaser or accepts 16
such consideration from such purchaser, whichever occurs first, that 17
such ticket reseller (i) is not in possession of such ticket or has not 18
entered into a written contract described in subparagraph (B) of this 19
subdivision, and (ii) may not be able to supply such ticket to such 20
purchaser at the contracted price or within the contracted price range. 21
(2) If a ticket reseller makes the disclosure described in subparagraph 22
(C) of subdivision (1) of this subsection to a purchaser in oral form, the 23
ticket reseller shall provide such disclosure to the purchaser in written 24
form not later than two business days after such ticket reseller made 25
such disclosure to such purchaser in oral form. 26
(c) (1) Nothing in subsection (b) of this section shall be construed to 27
prohibit a ticket reseller from accepting a deposit from a prospective 28
purchaser of a ticket to an entertainment event as part of a contract that 29
requires the ticket reseller to make best efforts to obtain a ticket to the 30
entertainment event for the prospective purchaser at a price or within a 31
price range, and by a time specified, in the contract, provided the ticket 32
reseller discloses to the prospective purchaser orally or in writing at the 33
time such ticket reseller enters into such contract with such prospective 34
purchaser or accepts such deposit from such prospective purchaser, 35
whichever occurs first, that such ticket reseller: 36
(A) Is not in possession of the ticket desired by such prospective 37
purchaser or has not entered into a written contract (i) (I) with a person 38
who is in possession of such ticket, or (II) with a person who has a 39
contractual right to obtain such ticket from the person who is in 40
possession of such ticket, and (ii) that entitles such ticket reseller to 41
obtain such ticket from a person described in subparagraph (A)(i) of this 42
subdivision at a price specified in such written contract; and 43
(B) May not be able to supply such ticket to such prospective 44
purchaser at the contracted price or within the contracted price range. 45
(2) If a ticket reseller makes the disclosure required under subdivision 46 Substitute Bill No. 6858
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(1) of this subsection to a prospective purchaser in oral form, the ticket 47
reseller shall provide such disclosure to the prospective purchaser in 48
written form not later than two business days after such ticket reseller 49
made such disclosure to such prospective purchaser in oral form. 50
(d) A violation of any provision of this section shall constitute an 51
unfair or deceptive act or practice in the conduct of trade or commerce 52
pursuant to subsection (a) of section 42-110b of the general statutes. The 53
Attorney General may investigate any violation of this section and 54
enforce the provisions of this section. 55
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) (a) (1) Except as provided in 56
subdivision (2) of this subsection, no person shall advertise or facilitate 57
the sale or resale of any ticket to an entertainment event by way of an 58
Internet web site if the Internet domain of such Internet web site, or any 59
Internet subdomain of such Internet web site, contains: 60
(A) The name of the venue for such entertainment event; 61
(B) The name of the entertainment event, including, but not limited 62
to, the name of any individual or group scheduled to perform or 63
appear at such entertainment event; or 64
(C) Any name that is substantially similar to a name described in 65
subparagraph (A) or (B) of this subdivision. 66
(2) The provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall not be 67
construed to apply to any person who is acting on behalf of the venue 68
for the entertainment event. 69
(b) A violation of any provision of this section shall constitute an 70
unfair or deceptive act or practice in the conduct of trade or commerce 71
pursuant to subsection (a) of section 42-110b of the general statutes. The 72
Attorney General may investigate any violation of this section and 73
enforce the provisions of this section. 74
Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) (a) As used in this section: 75 Substitute Bill No. 6858
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(1) "Armed forces" has the same meaning as provided in section 27-76
103 of the general statutes; 77
(2) "Eligible family member" means an individual who is (A) a family 78
member of a veteran or member of the armed forces, and (B) entitled to 79
receive any veteran or military benefit due, in whole or in part, to the 80
past or present military service of the veteran or member of the armed 81
forces; 82
(3) "Person" means an individual, corporation, limited liability 83
company, joint stock company, partnership, limited partnership, 84
limited liability partnership, association or other legal entity; 85
(4) "Veteran" has the same meaning as provided in section 27-103 of 86
the general statutes; 87
(5) "Veteran or military benefit" means any benefit that a veteran, 88
member of the armed forces or eligible family member is eligible to 89
receive under any federal, state or local law, policy or practice due, in 90
whole or in part, to past or present military service; and 91
(6) "Veteran or military benefit service" (A) means any service that is 92
offered or provided to a veteran, member of the armed forces or eligible 93
family member concerning any veteran or military benefit to which such 94
veteran, member of the armed forces or eligible family member is 95
entitled, and (B) includes, but is not limited to, any assistance, 96
consultation or coaching in preparing, presenting or prosecuting (i) any 97
claim or other attempt to obtain or increase any veteran or military 98
benefit, or (ii) any appeal taken from a decision concerning any attempt 99
to obtain or increase any veteran or military benefit. 100
(b) Any person who is engaged in the business of providing veteran 101
or military benefit services to veterans, members of the armed forces or 102
eligible family members shall: 103
(1) Obtain all qualifications, certifications and accreditations 104
necessary in order for such person to provide such services in 105 Substitute Bill No. 6858
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accordance with federal, state and local law; 106
(2) When such person is acting as a fiduciary for a veteran who is 107
receiving any such benefit, fulfill the responsibilities established in 38 108
CFR 13.140, as amended from time to time; 109
(3) When such person is providing representation before the United 110
States Department of Veterans Affairs, satisfy the standards of conduct 111
established in 38 CFR 14.632, as amended from time to time; 112
(4) Not charge any fee or expense in violation of 38 CFR 14.636 or 38 113
CFR 14.637, as either may be amended from time to time; and 114
(5) Include, in a clear and conspicuous manner, in any advertisement 115
for such services, and provide to a veteran, member of the armed forces 116
or eligible family member, clearly, orally and in writing at the outset of 117
any business relationship in which such person undertakes to provide 118
any such service to a veteran, member of the armed forces or eligible 119
family member in exchange for any financial compensation, financial 120
benefit or other thing of value, the following disclosure: 121
"THIS BUSINESS IS NOT ENDORSED OR SPONSORED BY, OR 122
AFFILIATED WITH, THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF 123
VETERANS AFFAIRS OR THE CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF 124
VETERANS AFFAIRS, OR ANY FEDERALLY CHARTERED VA-125
ACCREDITED VETERAN S SERVICE ORGANIZATION. YOU MAY 126
QUALIFY FOR OTHER VETERANS' BENEFITS BEYOND THE 127
BENEFITS FOR WHICH YOU ARE RECEIVING SERVICES HERE. 128
VETERAN AND MILITARY BENEFITS SERVICES ARE 129
AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE FROM VA-ACCREDITED 130
VETERANS SERVICE OFFICERS, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 131
CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND THE 132
VETERANS SERVICE OFFICERS OF FEDERALLY CHARTERED 133
VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS. TO LEARN MORE, 134
CONTACT THESE ORGANIZATIONS.". 135 Substitute Bill No. 6858
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(c) Any violation of subsection (b) of this section shall be deemed to 136
be an unfair or deceptive trade practice under subsection (a) of section 137
42-110b of the general statutes. 138
Sec. 4. Subsection (i) of section 1-84 of the general statutes is repealed 139
and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 140
(i) (1) No public official or state employee or member of the [official] 141
official's or employee's immediate family or a business with which he or 142
she is associated shall enter into any contract with the state, valued at 143
one hundred dollars or more, [other than a] unless (A) such contract 144
[(A)] is awarded through an open and public process that includes, at a 145
minimum, (i) pre-award public disclosure of all offers to enter into such 146
contract, and (ii) post-award public disclosure of such contract, or (B) 147
such contract is a contract (i) of employment as a state employee, [(B)] 148
(ii) with the Technical Education and Career System for students 149
enrolled in a school in the system to perform services in conjunction 150
with vocational, technical, technological or postsecondary education 151
and training any such student is receiving at a school in the system, 152
subject to the review process under subdivision (2) of this subsection, 153
[(C)] (iii) with a public institution of higher education to support a 154
collaboration with such institution to develop and commercialize any 155
invention or discovery, [or (D)] (iv) pursuant to a court appointment, 156
[unless the contract has been awarded through an open and public 157
process, including prior public offer and subsequent public disclosure 158
of all proposals considered and the contract awarded] or (v) with the 159
office of the Attorney General to be retained as an expert witness for, or 160
in anticipation of, litigation or an administrative proceeding, provided 161
the office of the Attorney General files with the Office of State Ethics, in 162
a form and manner prescribed by the Office of State Ethics and not later 163
than thirty days after the expert witness is disclosed, or required to be 164
disclosed, to the opposing party or parties, either directly or through the 165
court of competent jurisdiction or administrative agency, or resolution 166
of the litigation or administrative proceeding for which the expert 167
witness was retained, whichever occurs first, a statement disclosing (I) 168
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witness, (III) the scope of the services provided by the expert witness, 170
(IV) the date of execution of such contract, (V) the beginning and ending 171
dates of the term of such contract, and (VI) the value of such contract, if 172
known by the office of the Attorney General. In no event shall an 173
executive head of an agency, as defined in section 4-166, including a 174
commissioner of a department, or an executive head of a quasi-public 175
agency, or the executive head's immediate family or a business with 176
which he is associated enter into any contract with that agency or quasi-177
public agency. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as applying 178
to any public official who is appointed as a member of the executive 179
branch or as a member or director of a quasi-public agency and who 180
receives no compensation other than per diem payments or 181
reimbursement for actual or necessary expenses, or both, incurred in the 182
performance of the public official's duties unless such public official has 183
authority or control over the subject matter of the contract. Any contract 184
made in violation of this subsection shall be voidable by a court of 185
competent jurisdiction if the suit is commenced not later than one 186
hundred eighty days after the making of the contract. For purposes of 187
this subdivision, "expert witness" means any individual who is qualified 188
to provide testimony on any scientific, technical or other specialized 189
matter by virtue of his or her knowledge, skill, experience, training or 190
education, and is retained to provide his or her testimony on such 191
matter, including, but not limited to, in the form of an expert opinion. 192
(2) The superintendent of the Technical Education and Career System 193
shall establish an open and transparent process to review any contract 194
entered into under subparagraph [(B)] (B)(ii) of subdivision (1) of this 195
subsection. 196
Sec. 5. Section 21a-190a of the general statutes is repealed and the 197
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 198
As used in sections 21a-190a to 21a-190l, inclusive, as amended by 199
this act: 200
(1) "Charitable organization" means any person who is [or holds 201 Substitute Bill No. 6858
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himself out to be established for any benevolent, educational, 202
philanthropic, humane, scientific, patriotic, social welfare or advocacy, 203
public health, environmental conservation, civic or eleemosynary 204
purpose, or for the benefit of law enforcement officers, firefighters or 205
other persons who protect the public safety] organized and operated, or 206
holds himself or herself out as being organized and operated, for one or 207
more charitable purposes. "Charitable organization" does not include 208
any political action committee organization. 209
(2) "Person" means an individual, corporation, limited liability 210
company, association, partnership, trust, foundation or any other entity 211
however styled. 212
(3) "Solicit" and "solicitation" mean any request directly or indirectly 213
for money, credit, property, financial assistance or other thing of any 214
kind or value on the plea or representation that such money, credit, 215
property, financial assistance or other thing of any kind or value is to be 216
used for a charitable purpose or benefit a charitable organization. 217
"Solicit" and "solicitation" shall include, but shall not be limited to, the 218
following methods of requesting or securing such money, credit, 219
property, financial assistance or other thing of value: (A) Any oral, [or] 220
written, electronic or online request; (B) any announcement to the press, 221
over the radio or television or by telephone or telegraph concerning an 222
appeal or campaign by or for any charitable organization or purpose; 223
(C) the distribution, circulation, posting or publishing of any handbill, 224
written advertisement or other publication; and (D) the sale of, offer or 225
attempt to sell, any advertisement, advertising space, book, card, tag, 226
coupon, device, magazine, membership, merchandise, subscription, 227
flower, ticket, candy, cookies or other tangible item in connection with 228
an appeal made for any charitable organization or purpose, or where 229
the name of any charitable organization is used or referred to in any 230
such appeal as an inducement or reason for making any such sale, or 231
when or where in connection with any such sale, any statement is made 232
that the whole or any part of the proceeds from any such sale is to be 233
used for any charitable purpose or benefit any charitable organization. 234
A solicitation shall be deemed to have taken place whether or not the 235 Substitute Bill No. 6858
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person making the same receives any contribution. 236
(4) "Charitable purpose" means (A) any benevolent, educational, 237
philanthropic, humane, scientific, patriotic, social welfare or advocacy, 238
public health, environmental conservation, civic or eleemosynary 239
objective, and (B) any purpose to benefit law enforcement officers, 240
firefighters or other persons who protect the public safety. 241
(5) "Contribution" means the grant, promise or pledge of money, 242
credit, property, financial assistance or other thing of any kind or value. 243
[in response to a solicitation.] "Contribution" shall not include bona fide 244
fees, dues or assessments paid by members, provided membership is 245
not conferred solely as consideration for making a contribution in 246
response to a solicitation. 247
(6) "Fund-raising counsel" means a person who for compensation 248
plans, manages, advises or consults with respect to the solicitation in 249
this state of contributions by a charitable organization, but who does not 250
solicit contributions and who does not directly or indirectly employ, 251
procure or engage any person compensated to solicit contributions. [A] 252
"Fund-raising counsel" does not include a bona fide nontemporary 253
salaried officer or employee of a charitable organization [shall not be 254
deemed to be a fund-raising counsel] or an attorney-at-law retained 255
exclusively to provide legal services. 256
(7) "Paid solicitor" means a person who for any consideration, [other 257
than] including, but not limited to, monetary compensation but 258
excluding any nonmonetary gift of nominal value awarded to a 259
volunteer solicitor as an incentive or token of appreciation, performs for 260
a charitable organization any service in connection with which 261
contributions are solicited by such person or by any person he directly 262
or indirectly employs, procures or engages to solicit for such 263
compensation. A bona fide nontemporary salaried officer or employee 264
of a charitable organization shall not be deemed to be a paid solicitor. 265
(8) "Commercial coventurer" means a person who for profit is 266
regularly and primarily engaged in trade or commerce in this state other 267 Substitute Bill No. 6858
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than in connection with the raising of funds for charitable organizations 268
or purposes and who conducts a charitable sales promotion. 269
(9) "Charitable sales promotion" means an advertising or sales 270
campaign, conducted by a commercial coventurer, which represents 271
that the purchase or use of goods or services offered by the commercial 272
coventurer are to benefit a charitable organization or purpose. 273
(10) "Department" means the Department of Consumer Protection. 274
(11) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Consumer 275
Protection. 276
(12) "Membership" means that which entitles a person to the 277
privileges, professional standing, honors or other direct benefit of the 278
organization and the rights to vote, elect officers and hold office in the 279
organization. 280
(13) "Parent organization" means that part of a charitable 281
organization which supervises and exercises control over the 282
solicitation and expenditure activities of one or more chapters, branches 283
or affiliates. 284
(14) "Gross revenue" means income of any kind from all sources, 285
without deduction of any costs or expenses, including all amounts 286
received as the result of any solicitation by a paid solicitor. 287
Sec. 6. Section 21a-190b of the general statutes is repealed and the 288
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 289
(a) Every charitable organization not exempted by section 21a-190d 290
shall annually register with the department prior to conducting any 291
solicitation or prior to having any solicitation conducted on its behalf by 292
others. Application for registration shall be in a form prescribed by the 293
commissioner and shall include a nonrefundable application fee of fifty 294
dollars. Such application shall include: (1) A registration statement, (2) 295
an annual financial report for such organization for the preceding fiscal 296
year that is prepared in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) 297 Substitute Bill No. 6858
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of section 21a-190c, and (3) an audited or reviewed financial statement 298
as required by subsection (b) of section 21a-190c, unless the 299
commissioner waives such requirement under subdivision (4) of 300
subsection (b) of section 21a-190c. An authorized officer of the 301
organization shall certify that the statements therein are true and correct 302
to the best of their knowledge. A chapter, branch or affiliate in this state 303
of a registered parent organization shall not be required to register 304
provided the parent organization files a consolidated annual 305
registration for itself and its chapter, branch or affiliate. Each charitable 306
organization shall annually renew its registration not later than eleven 307
months after the end of such organization's fiscal year. 308
(b) In the event the department determines that the application for 309
registration does not contain the documents required in subsection (a) 310
of this section or is not in accordance with the regulations adopted by 311
the commissioner pursuant to this chapter, the department shall notify 312
the charitable organization of such noncompliance not later than ten 313
days after the department's receipt of such application for registration. 314
Any such charitable organization may request a hearing on its 315
noncompliant status in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. 316
(c) In addition to the application fee required pursuant to subsection 317
(a) of this section, a charitable organization shall pay a late fee of twenty-318
five dollars for each month, or part thereof, that such application for 319
registration is late. The commissioner may, upon written request and for 320
good cause shown, waive or reduce any late fee under this section. 321
(d) In the event that a charitable organization fails to register in 322
accordance with the provisions of this section, such organization shall 323
include in its application for registration an annual financial report for 324
each of the previous years in which such organization was required to 325
file an application for registration or an annual financial report. 326
[(e) Any charitable organization registered in accordance with this 327
section on September 30, 2005, shall be deemed to be registered 328
pursuant to this section until the last day of the fifth month after the 329 Substitute Bill No. 6858
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close of the fiscal year in effect on September 30, 2005.] 330
Sec. 7. Section 21a-190e of the general statutes is repealed and the 331
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 332
(a) Each contract between a charitable organization and a fund-333
raising counsel shall be in writing and [shall be filed by the fund-raising 334
counsel with the department at least fifteen days prior to the 335
performance by the fund-raising counsel of any material services 336
pursuant to such contract. Each contract shall be filed in a form 337
prescribed by the commissioner. The contract shall] contain such 338
information as will enable the department to identify the services the 339
fund-raising counsel is to provide and the manner of his compensation. 340
Each charitable organization employing a fund-raising counsel shall 341
retain a copy of the contract between such charitable organization and 342
the fund-raising counsel for a period of not less than seven years 343
following expiration of such contract, and shall provide such contract to 344
the department upon a request made by the department for such 345
contract. 346
(b) A fund-raising counsel who at any time has custody or control of 347
contributions from a solicitation shall register with the department. 348
Applications for registration or renewal of a registration as a fund-349
raising counsel shall be in a form prescribed by the commissioner and 350
shall be accompanied by a fee in the amount of one hundred twenty 351
dollars. Each fund-raising counsel shall certify that such application or 352
report is true and correct to the best of the fund-raising counsel's 353
knowledge. Each application shall contain such information as the 354
department shall require. Each registration shall be valid for one year 355
and may be renewed for additional one-year periods. An applicant for 356
registration or for a renewal of registration as a fund-raising counsel 357
shall, at the time of making such application, file with and have 358
approved by the department a bond in a form prescribed by the 359
commissioner, in which the applicant shall be the principal obligor in 360
the sum of [twenty] fifty thousand dollars, with one or more responsible 361
sureties whose liability in the aggregate as such sureties shall be [no] not 362 Substitute Bill No. 6858
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less than such sum. The fund-raising counsel shall maintain the bond in 363
effect as long as the registration is in effect. The bond shall run to the 364
state and to any person who may have a cause of action against the 365
principal obligor of the bond for any liabilities resulting from the 366
obligor's conduct of any activities subject to sections 21a-190a to 21a-367
190l, inclusive, as amended by this act, or arising out of a violation of 368
said sections or any regulation adopted pursuant to said sections. Any 369
such fund-raising counsel shall account to the charitable organization 370
with which he has contracted for all income received and expenses paid 371
no later than ninety days after a solicitation campaign has been 372
completed, and in the case of a solicitation campaign lasting more than 373
one year, on the anniversary of the commencement of such campaign. 374
Such accounting shall be in writing, shall be retained by the charitable 375
organization for three years and shall be available to the department 376
upon request. 377
Sec. 8. Subsection (j) of section 21a-190f of the general statutes is 378
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 379
1, 2025): 380
(j) A paid solicitor shall file a financial report for the campaign with 381
the department [no] not more than [ninety] forty-five days after a 382
solicitation campaign has been completed, and on the anniversary of the 383
commencement of any solicitation campaign [which] that lasts more 384
than one year, in a form prescribed by the commissioner. The financial 385
report shall include gross revenue and an itemization of all expenditures 386
incurred. The report shall be completed on a form prescribed by the 387
department. An authorized official of the paid solicitor and two 388
authorized officials of the charitable organization shall certify that such 389
report is true and complete to the best of their knowledge. The 390
information contained in such report shall be available to the public. 391
Sec. 9. Section 21a-190h of the general statutes is repealed and the 392
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 393
It shall be a violation of sections 21a-190a to 21a-190l, inclusive, as 394 Substitute Bill No. 6858
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amended by this act, for: (1) Any person to misrepresent the purpose or 395
beneficiary of a solicitation; (2) any person to misrepresent the purpose 396
or nature of a charitable organization; (3) any charitable organization or 397
any person while engaged in the conduct of the affairs of a charitable 398
organization to engage in any financial transaction [which] or 399
nonfinancial conduct that (A) is not related to the accomplishment of 400
[its] the charitable organization's charitable purpose, or [which] (B) 401
jeopardizes or interferes with the ability of the charitable organization 402
to accomplish such organization's charitable purpose; (4) any charitable 403
organization to expend an unreasonable amount of money for 404
[solicitation or] management; (5) any person to use or exploit the fact of 405
registration so as to lead the public to believe that such registration 406
constitutes an endorsement or approval by the state; (6) any person to 407
misrepresent that any other person sponsors or endorses a solicitation; 408
(7) any person to use the name of a charitable organization, or to display 409
any emblem, device or printed matter belonging to or associated with a 410
charitable organization without the express written permission of the 411
charitable organization; (8) any charitable organization to use the name 412
which is the same as or confusingly similar to the name of another 413
charitable organization unless the latter organization shall consent in 414
writing to its use; (9) any charitable organization to represent itself as 415
being associated with another charitable organization without the 416
express written acknowledgment and endorsement of such other 417
charitable organization; (10) any person to make any false or misleading 418
statement on any document required by sections 21a-190a to 21a-190l, 419
inclusive, as amended by this act; (11) any person to fail to comply with 420
the requirements of sections 21a-190b to 21a-190g, inclusive, as 421
amended by this act; (12) any charitable organization to use the services 422
of an unregistered fund-raising counsel or paid solicitor; (13) any fund-423
raising counsel or paid solicitor to perform any services on behalf of an 424
unregistered charitable organization; or (14) any person to appropriate 425
any property of a charitable organization for a private use. 426
Sec. 10. Subsection (b) of section 21a-190i of the general statutes is 427
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 428 Substitute Bill No. 6858
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1, 2025): 429
(b) [The] Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the 430
commissioner or [his] the commissioner's authorized representative 431
may subpoena documentary material relating to any matter under 432
investigation, issue subpoenas to any person involved in or who may 433
have knowledge of any matter under investigation, administer an oath 434
or affirmation to any person and conduct hearings on any matter under 435
investigation. 436
Sec. 11. Section 21a-71 of the general statutes is repealed and the 437
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 438
No person shall sell any food, drug or cosmetic, as defined by section 439
21a-92, at an auction, unless such person has notified the Commissioner 440
of Consumer Protection, in writing, of such sale; provided this section 441
shall not apply to the sale of food by any church, parent teacher 442
association, charitable organization, as defined [by subdivision (1) of] in 443
section 21a-190a, as amended by this act, or any organization of any 444
political party. Such notice shall be given at least seven days prior to 445
such sale and said commissioner may inspect such food, drug or 446
cosmetic and prohibit the sale of the same if [it] such food, drug or 447
cosmetic is found to be unfit for human use. This section shall apply to 448
the sale of unclaimed freight. 449
Sec. 12. Section 53-289a of the general statutes is repealed and the 450
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 451
(a) As used in this section, "service charge" means any additional fee 452
or charge that is designated as an "administrative fee", "service fee" or 453
"surcharge" or by using another substantially similar term. 454
(b) No person shall advertise the prices of tickets to any 455
entertainment event, including, but not limited to, any place of 456
amusement, arena, stadium, theater, performance, sport, exhibition or 457
athletic contest given in this state for which a service charge is imposed 458
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disclosing in such advertisement, whether displayed at the site of the 460
event or elsewhere, the total price for each ticket and what portion of 461
each ticket price, stated in a dollar amount, represents a service charge. 462
(c) If a price is charged for admission to a place of entertainment, the 463
operator of the place of entertainment shall print, endorse or otherwise 464
disclose on the face of each ticket to an entertainment event at such place 465
of entertainment (1) the price established for such ticket, or (2) if such 466
operator, or such operator's agent, sells or resells such ticket, including 467
at auction, the final price of such ticket. 468
(d) (1) Any person that advertises or facilitates the sale or resale of a 469
ticket to an entertainment event shall (A) disclose the total price of such 470
ticket, which total price shall include all service charges required to 471
purchase such ticket, and (B) disclose, in a clear and conspicuous 472
manner, to the purchaser of such ticket the portion of the total ticket 473
price, expressed as a dollar amount, that is attributable to service 474
charges charged to such purchaser for such ticket. 475
(2) Any person that advertises or facilitates the resale of a ticket to an 476
entertainment event via an Internet web site or online technology 477
platform, the primary purpose of which is to facilitate resales of such 478
tickets, shall disclose, in a clear and conspicuous manner, (A) that the 479
ticket is a resale ticket that may be offered at a price that is greater than 480
the price of a ticket to an entertainment event that is offered or sold by 481
the presenter of the entertainment event, and (B) the price that was 482
printed, endorsed or otherwise disclosed on the face of the ticket at the 483
time such ticket was first sold. 484
[(2)] (3) The disclosures required under [subdivision] subdivisions (1) 485
and (2) of this subsection shall be displayed [in the ticket listing before 486
the ticket is selected for purchase. The total ticket price] when the ticket 487
is initially offered for sale to consumers, and the displayed prices shall 488
not increase during the period beginning when [a] the ticket is [selected 489
for purchase] initially offered for sale to consumers and ending when 490
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charged for delivery of a nonelectronic ticket if (A) such service charge 492
is based on the delivery method selected by the ticket purchaser, and (B) 493
such service charge is disclosed to such purchaser before such purchaser 494
purchases such ticket. 495
[(3)] (4) No disclosure required under this subsection shall be (A) 496
false or misleading, (B) presented more prominently than the total ticket 497
price, or (C) displayed in a font size that is as large or larger than the 498
font size in which the total ticket price is displayed. 499
(e) A movie shall not be deemed to constitute an entertainment event 500
for the purposes of this section. 501
(f) A violation of any provision of this section shall constitute an 502
unfair or deceptive act or practice in the conduct of trade or commerce 503
pursuant to subsection (a) of section 42-110b. The Attorney General may 504
investigate any violation of this section and enforce the provisions of 505
this section. 506
Sec. 13. Subsection (a) of section 47-36ddd of the general statutes is 507
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 508
passage): 509
(a) Not later than July 31, 2024, each real estate listing provider who 510
entered into a real estate listing agreement on or before June 30, 2024, 511
shall rerecord such agreement, and record notice of such agreement, 512
with the town clerk of the town in which the residential real property 513
that is the subject of such agreement is located if such agreement (1) 514
purports to run with the land or bind future [holders] owners of 515
interests in such residential real property, (2) allows for any assignment 516
of any right to provide the real estate listing under such agreement 517
without first providing notice to, and obtaining consent from, the owner 518
of such residential real property, or (3) purports to create any lien or 519
encumbrance upon, or other security interest in, such residential real 520
property. 521
Sec. 14. Section 19a-32n of the general statutes is repealed. (Effective 522 Substitute Bill No. 6858
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October 1, 2025) 523
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2025 New section
Sec. 2 October 1, 2025 New section
Sec. 3 October 1, 2025 New section
Sec. 4 October 1, 2025 1-84(i)
Sec. 5 October 1, 2025 21a-190a
Sec. 6 October 1, 2025 21a-190b
Sec. 7 October 1, 2025 21a-190e
Sec. 8 October 1, 2025 21a-190f(j)
Sec. 9 October 1, 2025 21a-190h
Sec. 10 October 1, 2025 21a-190i(b)
Sec. 11 October 1, 2025 21a-71
Sec. 12 October 1, 2025 53-289a
Sec. 13 from passage 47-36ddd(a)
Sec. 14 October 1, 2025 Repealer section
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Section 1(b)(1)(B), "clause (i) of this subparagraph" was changed to
"subparagraph (B)(i) of this subdivision" for consistency with standard
drafting conventions; in Section 1(b)(1)(C), "when" was changed to "at
the time" for consistency; in Section 1(c)(1)(A), "clause (i) of this
subparagraph" was changed to "subparagraph (A)(i) of this
subdivision" for consistency with standard drafting conventions; in
Section 3(a)(6)(B)(ii), "effort" was changed to "attempt" for internal
consistency; in Section 3(b)(4), "each" was changed to "either" for
internal consistency; in Section 3(b)(5), "VETERAN SERVICE
ORGANIZATION" was changed to "VETERANS SERVICE
ORGANIZATION" and "VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER" was changed
to "VETERANS SERVICE OFFICER" for accuracy; and in Section
12(d)(3), "a" was changed to "[a] the" for internal consistency.
GL Joint Favorable Subst.