# Connecticut HB 06957: AN ACT ALLOWING A TOWN TO DESIGNATE ITSELF A CITY, ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE REGULATION OF CORPORATE HOUSING ACQUISITIONS AND CONCERNING TRAINING FOR INLAND WETLANDS AGENCIES, CERTIFICATES OF CORRECTION FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY ASSESSED IN ERROR, THE SUBMISSION OF CERTAIN STUDIES AND EVALUATIONS, INCLUSIONARY ZONING, SOLAR INSTALLATIONS IN CERTAIN COMMON INTEREST OWNERSHIP COMMUNITIES, THE CAPITAL REGION AND THE MILLSTONE RIDGE TAX DISTRICT.

Connecticut HB 06957, AN ACT ALLOWING A TOWN TO DESIGNATE ITSELF A CITY, ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE REGULATION OF CORPORATE HOUSING ACQUISITIONS AND CONCERNING TRAINING FOR INLAND WETLANDS AGENCIES, CERTIFICATES OF CORRECTION FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY ASSESSED IN ERROR, THE SUBMISSION OF CERTAIN STUDIES AND EVALUATIONS, INCLUSIONARY ZONING, SOLAR INSTALLATIONS IN CERTAIN COMMON INTEREST OWNERSHIP COMMUNITIES, THE CAPITAL REGION AND THE MILLSTONE RIDGE TAX DISTRICT., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Planning and Development Committee; status signed, last action 2025-06-23 (Signed by the Governor); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Connecticut HB 06957
- State: Connecticut
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: AN ACT ALLOWING A TOWN TO DESIGNATE ITSELF A CITY, ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE REGULATION OF CORPORATE HOUSING ACQUISITIONS AND CONCERNING TRAINING FOR INLAND WETLANDS AGENCIES, CERTIFICATES OF CORRECTION FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY ASSESSED IN ERROR, THE SUBMISSION OF CERTAIN STUDIES AND EVALUATIONS, INCLUSIONARY ZONING, SOLAR INSTALLATIONS IN CERTAIN COMMON INTEREST OWNERSHIP COMMUNITIES, THE CAPITAL REGION AND THE MILLSTONE RIDGE TAX DISTRICT.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-13
- Last action: 2025-06-23, Signed by the Governor
- Sponsor: Planning and Development Committee
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: planning and development
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 3 (190 yes, 9 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 8

## Summary

To allow a town to designate itself as a city.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Land-use studies must disclose funding: benefit, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, studies submitted for pending municipal land-use applications must identify their authors, costs, and who paid. They must also disclose conflicts of interest that may affect the authors' fairness. The rule covers environmental, health, traffic, and economic impact studies…
- Towns can choose city status: benefit, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, qualifying Connecticut towns can designate themselves cities by adopting or amending their charters. State law then treats them as consolidated towns and cities. This creates a local government option, not a direct household payment or tax break.
- Towns gain more affordable housing options: benefit, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, towns have more uses for housing trust fund payments collected through inclusionary zoning. They can buy property for affordable housing or support deed restrictions that keep property affordable. These uses add to existing options for building, restoring, and repairing a…
- Millstone Ridge can split costs equally: cost, low. New Milford's Millstone Ridge Tax District can divide district improvement maintenance and management costs equally among its lots. This applies to assessment years beginning on or after October 1, 2025. Lot owners can be charged equal shares, but the law states no total cost or per-lot bill.
- Owners pay added costs from improvements: mixed, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, unit owners must pay increased shared costs caused by improvements they make or direct. The added costs must be charged only to that owner's unit. This includes increases in maintenance, repair, or insurance costs. Other owners do not share those added expenses.
- Rooftop solar rights come with owner costs: mixed, low. The prior solar rule ends October 1, 2025; replacement protections begin January 1, 2026. The new protections cover detached single-family units in common interest communities, excluding cooperatives and units with shared-wall boundaries. Associations cannot prohibit or unreasonably restrict qualif…
- Local options extend property tax deadlines: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, assessment corrections generally have a three-year window after the tax due date. Municipalities can adopt ordinances extending that window to four years, with matching refund deadlines under the applicable law. These rules cover clerical mistakes and wrongly listed tangible…
- Wetlands members and staff need training: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2026, every municipal wetlands agency member and staff person must complete state training. Those already serving have until January 1, 2027; later members and hires have one year. Training repeats every four years, except members with longer terms may repeat it once per term.…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Planning and Development Committee

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-12 | House | PD Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute) | pass | 20 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-12 | Senate | Senate Roll Call Vote 333 | pass | 36 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-12 | House | House Roll Call Vote 81 AS AMENDED | pass | 134 | 9 |   |

## Actions (21)

- 2025-06-23: Signed by the Governor (legislature)
- 2025-06-16: Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor (legislature)
- 2025-06-16: Transmitted to the Secretary of State (legislature)
- 2025-06-10: Public Act 25-73 (legislature)
- 2025-06-02: In Concurrence (legislature)
- 2025-06-02: Senate Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A (Senate)
- 2025-06-02: Senate Adopted House Amendment Schedule A (Senate)
- 2025-05-12: File Number 906 (legislature)
- 2025-05-12: Senate Calendar Number 456 (Senate)
- 2025-05-12: Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate (Senate)
- 2025-05-08: House Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A (House)
- 2025-05-08: House Adopted House Amendment Schedule A 8067 (House)
- 2025-03-31: File Number 354 (legislature)
- 2025-03-31: House Calendar Number 236 (House)
- 2025-03-31: Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House (House)
- 2025-03-31: Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office (legislature)
- 2025-03-24: Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/31/25 12:00 PM (legislature)
- 2025-03-13: Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office (legislature)
- 2025-03-12: Joint Favorable Substitute (legislature)
- 2025-02-14: Public Hearing 02/19 (legislature)
- 2025-02-13: Referred to Joint Committee on Planning and Development (legislature)

## Bill text

- Public Act No. 25-73, 2025-06-10: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/ACT/PA/PDF/2025PA-00073-R00HB-06957-PA.PDF)
- File No. 906, 2025-05-12: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FC/PDF/2025HB-06957-R000906-FC.PDF)
- File No. 354, 2025-03-31: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FC/PDF/2025HB-06957-R000354-FC.PDF)
- PD Joint Favorable Substitute, 2025-03-12: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-06957-R01-HB.PDF)
- Raised Bill, 2025-02-13: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-06957-R00-HB.PDF)
- Bill Analysis For File Copy 354: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/BA/PDF/2025HB-06957-R000354-BA.PDF)
- Bill Analysis For File Copy 906: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/BA/PDF/2025HB-06957-R010906-BA.PDF)
- Bill Analysis for HB-6957, as amended by House "A": [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/BA/PDF/2025HB-06957-R01-BA.PDF)
- Fiscal Note For File Copy 354: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FN/PDF/2025HB-06957-R000354-FN.PDF)
- Fiscal Note For File Copy 906: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FN/PDF/2025HB-06957-R010906-FN.PDF)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 7786 (See Fiscal Note Details): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/fna/pdf/2025HB-06957-R00LCO07786-FNA.PDF)
- Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 8067 (See Fiscal Note Details): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/fna/pdf/2025HB-06957-R00LCO08067-FNA.PDF)
- Fiscal Note for HB-6957, As Amended by House "A" (LCO 8067): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FN/PDF/2025HB-06957-R01-FN.PDF)
- House LCO Amendment #7786 (D): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/lcoamd/pdf/2025LCO07786-R00-AMD.pdf)
- House Roll Call Vote 81 AS AMENDED: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/VOTE/H/PDF/2025HV-00081-R00HB06957-HV.PDF)
- House Schedule A LCO# 8067 (D): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/amd/H/pdf/2025HB-06957-R00HA-AMD.pdf)
- PD Joint Fav. Rpt: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/JFR/H/PDF/2025HB-06957-R00PD-JFR.PDF)
- PD Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TS/H/PDF/2025HB-06957-R00PD-CV108-TS.PDF)
- Senate Roll Call Vote 333: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/VOTE/S/PDF/2025SV-00333-R00HB06957-SV.PDF)
- Summary for Public Act No. 25-73: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/SUM/PDF/2025SUM00073-R02HB-06957-SUM.PDF)

## Related bills

- HB 05013: AN ACT ADDING CERTAIN PLANTS TO THE INVASIVE PLANTS LIST. (signed)
- SB 01558: AN ACT CONCERNING INCOME TAXES IMPOSED BY OTHER JURISDICTIONS ON RESIDENTS OF THE STATE. (signed)
- SB 01396: AN ACT CONCERNING EARNED BUT UNPAID WAGE OR SALARY INCOME ADVANCES. (signed)
- SB 01187: AN ACT CONCERNING FORECLOSURE, ASSIGNMENT AND OTHER ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS FOR UNPAID SEWER ASSESSMENTS AND OTHER FEES AND CHARGES. (signed)
- HB 07236: AN ACT CONCERNING HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS. (signed)
- HB 07192: AN ACT IMPLEMENTING RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BIPARTISAN DRUG TASK FORCE. (signed)

## Sources
- [Public Act No. 25-73 (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/ACT/PA/PDF/2025PA-00073-R00HB-06957-PA.PDF)
- [File No. 906 (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FC/PDF/2025HB-06957-R000906-FC.PDF)
- [File No. 354 (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FC/PDF/2025HB-06957-R000354-FC.PDF)
- [PD Joint Favorable Substitute (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-06957-R01-HB.PDF)
- [Raised Bill (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-06957-R00-HB.PDF)
- [Bill Analysis For File Copy 354 (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/BA/PDF/2025HB-06957-R000354-BA.PDF)
- [Bill Analysis For File Copy 906 (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/BA/PDF/2025HB-06957-R010906-BA.PDF)
- [Bill Analysis for HB-6957, as amended by House "A" (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/BA/PDF/2025HB-06957-R01-BA.PDF)
- [Fiscal Note For File Copy 354 (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FN/PDF/2025HB-06957-R000354-FN.PDF)
- [Fiscal Note For File Copy 906 (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FN/PDF/2025HB-06957-R010906-FN.PDF)
- [Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 7786 (See Fiscal Note Details) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/fna/pdf/2025HB-06957-R00LCO07786-FNA.PDF)
- [Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 8067 (See Fiscal Note Details) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/fna/pdf/2025HB-06957-R00LCO08067-FNA.PDF)
- [Fiscal Note for HB-6957, As Amended by House "A" (LCO 8067) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FN/PDF/2025HB-06957-R01-FN.PDF)
- [House LCO Amendment #7786 (D) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/lcoamd/pdf/2025LCO07786-R00-AMD.pdf)
- [House Roll Call Vote 81 AS AMENDED (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/VOTE/H/PDF/2025HV-00081-R00HB06957-HV.PDF)
- [House Schedule A LCO# 8067 (D) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/amd/H/pdf/2025HB-06957-R00HA-AMD.pdf)
- [PD Joint Fav. Rpt (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/JFR/H/PDF/2025HB-06957-R00PD-JFR.PDF)
- [PD Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TS/H/PDF/2025HB-06957-R00PD-CV108-TS.PDF)
- [Senate Roll Call Vote 333 (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/VOTE/S/PDF/2025SV-00333-R00HB06957-SV.PDF)
- [Summary for Public Act No. 25-73 (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/SUM/PDF/2025SUM00073-R02HB-06957-SUM.PDF)

## Related
- [HB 05013: AN ACT ADDING CERTAIN PLANTS TO THE INVASIVE PLANTS LIST.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CT-HB05013-2025)
- [SB 01558: AN ACT CONCERNING INCOME TAXES IMPOSED BY OTHER JURISDICTIONS ON RESIDENTS OF T…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CT-SB01558-2025)
- [SB 01396: AN ACT CONCERNING EARNED BUT UNPAID WAGE OR SALARY INCOME ADVANCES.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CT-SB01396-2025)
- [SB 01187: AN ACT CONCERNING FORECLOSURE, ASSIGNMENT AND OTHER ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS FOR UNP…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CT-SB01187-2025)
- [HB 07236: AN ACT CONCERNING HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CT-HB07236-2025)
- [HB 07192: AN ACT IMPLEMENTING RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BIPARTISAN DRUG TASK FORCE.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CT-HB07192-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CT-HB06957-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).