Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06962 Compare Versions

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	3	+	LCO No. 4571 1 of 3
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5	5		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6962
6	6		January Session, 2025
7	7		LCO No. 4571
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10		-	Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND
11		-	DEVELOPMENT
	10	+	Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
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14	13		Introduced by:
15	14		(PD)
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18	19		AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE
19	20		REGULATION OF CORPORATE HOUSING ACQUISITIONS.
20	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
21	22		Assembly convened:
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23	24		Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force 1
24	25		to study (1) the impact of the acquisition of residential real property by 2
25	26		large corporate entities, including, but not limited to, the impact on 3
26	27		housing affordability, rental prices and homeownership opportunities 4
27	28		in the state, and (2) policies to limit the number of such properties 5
28	29		acquired by such entities or otherwise regulate such acquisitions. 6
29	30		(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 7
30	31		(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; 8
31	32		(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; 9
32	33		(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 10
33	34		Representatives; 11
34		-	(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 12 Raised Bill No. 6962
	35	+	(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 12
	36	+	Raised Bill No. 6962
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37		-	LCO 4571 2 of 3
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	40	+	LCO No. 4571 2 of 3
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39	42		(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 13
40	43		Representatives; 14
41	44		(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; and 15
42	45		(7) The Commissioner of Housing, or the commissioner's designee. 16
43	46		(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), 17
44	47		(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member 18
45	48		of the General Assembly. 19
46	49		(d) All initial appointments to the task force shall be made not later 20
47	50		than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall 21
48	51		be filled by the appointing authority. 22
49	52		(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro 23
50	53		tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from 24
51	54		among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule 25
52	55		the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty 26
53	56		days after the effective date of this section. 27
54	57		(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 28
55	58		General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing 29
56	59		shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 30
57	60		(g) Not later than January 1, 2026, the task force shall submit a report 31
58	61		on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of 32
59	62		the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing 33
60	63		and planning and development, in accordance with the provisions of 34
61	64		section 11-4a of the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on 35
62	65		the date that it submits such report or January 1, 2026, whichever is later. 36
63	66		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
64	67		sections:
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66	69		Section 1 from passage New section
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68		-	~~PD Joint Favorable~~ Raised Bill No. 6962
	71	+	Raised Bill No. 6962
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	75	+	LCO No. 4571 3 of 3
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	77	+	Statement of Purpose:
	78	+	To establish a task force to study (1) the impact of the acquisition of
	79	+	residential real property by large corporate entities, and (2) policies to
	80	+	limit the number of such properties acquired by such entities or
	81	+	otherwise regulate such acquisitions.
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	83	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	84	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	85	+	underlined.]
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