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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6891
January Session, 2025
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Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
(HSG)
AN ACT PROHIBITING A LANDLORD FROM REQUIRING A SECURITY
DEPOSIT IN EXCESS OF ONE MONTH'S RENT FROM ANY TENANT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 47a-21 of the general 1
statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 2
(Effective July 1, 2025): 3
(a) As used in this chapter: 4
(1) "Accrued interest" means the interest due on a security deposit as 5
provided in subsection (i) of this section, compounded annually to the 6
extent applicable. 7
(2) "Commissioner" means the Banking Commissioner. 8
(3) "Escrow account" means any account at a financial institution 9
which is not subject to execution by the creditors of the escrow agent 10
and includes a clients' funds account. 11
(4) "Escrow agent" means the person in whose name an escrow 12
account is maintained. 13
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(5) "Financial institution" means any state bank and trust company, 14
national bank, savings bank, federal savings bank, savings and loan 15
association, and federal savings and loan association that is located in 16
this state. 17
(6) "Forwarding address" means the address to which a security 18
deposit may be mailed for delivery to a former tenant. 19
(7) "Landlord" means any landlord of residential real property, and 20
includes (A) any receiver; (B) any successor; and (C) any tenant who 21
sublets his premises. 22
(8) "Receiver" means any person who is appointed or authorized by 23
any state, federal or probate court to receive rents from tenants, and 24
includes trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, conservators, 25
receivers, and receivers of rent. 26
(9) "Rent receiver" means a receiver who lacks court authorization to 27
return security deposits and to inspect the premises of tenants and 28
former tenants. 29
(10) "Residential real property" means real property containing one 30
or more residential units, including residential units not owned by the 31
landlord, and containing one or more tenants who paid a security 32
deposit. 33
(11) "Security deposit" means any advance rental payment, or any 34
installment payment collected pursuant to section 47a-22a, except an 35
advance payment for the first month's rent or a deposit for a key or any 36
special equipment. 37
(12) "Successor" means any person who succeeds to a landlord's 38
interest whether by purchase, foreclosure or otherwise and includes a 39
receiver. 40
(13) "Tenant" means a tenant, as defined in section 47a-1, or a resident, 41
as defined in section 21-64. 42
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(14) "Tenant's obligations" means (A) the amount of any rental or 43
utility payment due the landlord from a tenant; (B) a tenant's obligations 44
under the provisions of section 47a-11; and (C) the actual reasonable cost 45
of changing the locks of the dwelling unit pursuant to section 47a-7b, if 46
the tenant has not paid such cost. 47
(b) (1) [In the case of a tenant under sixty-two years of age, a] A 48
landlord shall not demand a security deposit in an amount that exceeds 49
[two months'] one month's rent. 50
(2) [In the case of a tenant sixty-two years of age or older, a landlord 51
shall not demand a security deposit in an amount that exceeds one 52
month's rent.] Any landlord who has received a security deposit in an 53
amount that exceeds one month's rent from a tenant [who becomes 54
sixty-two years of age after paying such security deposit] shall return 55
the portion of such security deposit that exceeds one month's rent to the 56
tenant upon the tenant's request. 57
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2025 47a-21(a) and (b)
Statement of Purpose:
To prohibit a landlord from requiring a security deposit in excess of one
month's rent from any tenant.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]