OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
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sHB-7119
AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE FIRE PREVENTION CODE,
THE STATE FIRE SAFETY CODE, THE REPORTING OF
IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, THE STATE BUILDING CODE,
ORDERS OF BUILDING INSPECTORS AND LOCAL FIRE
MARSHALS AND ELEVATOR INSPECTIONS.
Primary Analyst: RP 3/31/25
Contributing Analyst(s): LG, WL, BP
Reviewer: PR
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact:
Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 26 $ FY 27 $
Department of Emergency
Services and Public Protection
GF - Cost 88,500 86,000
Resources of the General Fund GF - Potential
Revenue Gain
Minimal Minimal
Judicial Dept. (Probation) GF - Potential
Cost
Minimal Minimal
Department of Administrative
Services
GF - Potential
Cost
See Below See Below
Department of Administrative
Services
GF - Cost 205,000 205,000
State Comptroller - Fringe
Benefits
1
GF - Cost 118,466 118,466
Note: GF=General Fund
Municipal Impact:
Municipalities Effect FY 26 $ FY 27 $
Various Municipalities Potential
Revenue
Gain
See Below See Below
1
The fringe benefit costs for most state employees are budgeted centrally in accounts
administered by the Comptroller. The estimated active employee fringe benefit cost
associated with most personnel changes is 40.71% of payroll in FY 26. 2025HB-07119-R000410-FN.DOCX Page 2 of 3
Explanation
Sections 1 through 5 requires Department of Emergency Services
and Public Protection’s (DESPP) regulations on explosives, fireworks,
pyrotechnics, and rockets to be consistent with the State Fire Prevention
Code and allows the DESPP to issue official interpretations of the State
Fire Prevention Code. This results in a cost of $88,500 in FY 26 and
$86,000 in FY 27 to DESPP and $35,011 in FY 26 and FY 27 to the State
Comptroller – Fringe Benefits. To redraft and update these regulations,
DESPP will need to hire a staff attorney with a starting salary of $86,000.
There is also a one-time equipment cost of $2,500 in FY 26.
Sections 6 and 7 require certain owners and providers of rental
property to provide identifying information to the town in
municipalities with a population of 25,000 or more. Failure to provide
this information results in a fine of $250 to $1,000. This results in a
potential revenue gain to municipalities with a population of 25,000 or
more beginning in FY 26 to the extent that fines are collected.
2
Sections 8, 9 and 10 increase penalties for repeat violations of certain
building codes. This results in a potential revenue gain to the General
Fund from fines.
3
Section 11 creates a new class A misdemeanor for repeat violators of
certain fire hazard laws, which results in a potential cost to the Judicial
Department for probation and a potential revenue gain to the General
Fund from fines. On average, the marginal cost for supervision in the
community is less than $600
4
each year for adults.
2
According to the Department of Public Health, 44 towns had a population of 25,000
or greater in 2023.
3
In FY 20 – 24, a total of 240 charges were recorded and $5,000 in fines was collected
under CG§ 29-306, 29-254a, 29-291c, and 29-394. No charges were recorded, nor
revenue collected under 47a-6a.
4
Probation marginal cost is based on services provided by private providers and only
includes costs that increase with each additional participant. This does not include a
cost for additional supervision by a probation officer unless a new offense is
anticipated to result in enough additional offenders to require additional probation
officers. 2025HB-07119-R000410-FN.DOCX Page 3 of 3
Section 13 results in a potential cost to the Department of
Administrative Services (DAS) to the extent the model ordinance
developed by the State Building Inspector and the Codes and Standards
Committee differs from current ordinances and is adopted by
municipalities. Potential costs include hiring additional staff with the
necessary expertise to develop, modify, and interpret the model
ordinance and administrative staff to provide training, respond to
questions, and provide other administrative support related to the
model ordinance.
Section 14 results in a cost of $205,000 to DAS in FY 26 and FY 27 for
salary expenses and $83,456 in FY 26 and FY 27 to the State Comptroller
– Fringe Benefits to hire two elevator inspectors to inspect each elevator
in privately owned multifamily projects in the state every twelve
months.
The Out Years
The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would
continue into the future subject to the actual number of violations and
inflation.