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ConnecticutHB 070672025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
AN ACT CONCERNING AN EMERGENCY CERTIFICATE OF NEED APPLICATION PROCESS FOR TRANSFERS OF OWNERSHIP OF HOSPITALS THAT HAVE FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION, THE ASSESSMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES FOR PROPERTY TAXATION, A PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR VETERANS WHO ARE PERMANENTLY AND TOTALLY DISABLED AND FUNDING OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION EXCESS COST GRANT.
Sponsored By: Matthew Ritter (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 2 mixed.
Property tax relief for disabled veterans
Connecticut-resident veterans qualify for a property-tax exemption with a VA finding of permanent, total disability based on a 100% service-connected rating. The exemption covers their primary home, including a condo or common-interest community unit. Without a qualifying home, it covers one veteran-owned vehicle kept in Connecticut. If the veteran does not own the property, a spouse living with them can own it or hold it in trust. After the veteran dies, a surviving spouse who remains unmarried or minor children can keep the exemption while Connecticut residents. Only one exemption is allowed under the related veterans’ exemption rules. Applicants must follow filing rules and give the town assessor proof of the VA finding. After approval, annual VA proof is unnecessary unless the rating changes. Losing permanent and total disability status ends this exemption, but other veterans’ exemptions may remain available. Veterans unable to provide proof on time can apply within one year after obtaining it, or within the alternative one-year period tied to the statutory refund deadline. Tax abatements or refunds can reach back to the assessment day after entitlement to the VA finding began, but no more than three years. The town approves refund or abatement amounts, without interest.
Towns can raise vehicle tax values
For assessment years starting October 1, 2024, or later, Connecticut towns can choose a vehicle valuation schedule with generally higher values. It values vehicles up to one year old at 90% of the manufacturer’s suggested retail price. Vehicles aged 15–19 are valued at 20%; vehicles aged 20 or older remain subject to a $500 minimum assessment. No vehicle can be assessed below $500. Adoption requires a local legislative vote, or a board of selectmen vote in town-meeting towns. Towns must notify the state budget office within 14 days and identify the first assessment year covered. Vehicle owners’ tax bills can rise, depending on the town’s choice, vehicle value, and local tax rate.
Towns can revise property tax bills
The law allows temporary tax changes in Connecticut towns whose October 1, 2024, assessment lists were publicly available by March 3, 2025. Assessors can revise and republish those lists by April 15, 2025, potentially raising or lowering assessments. Taxpayers can appeal through the 30th day after March 3; appeal sessions must occur 45–60 days after that date. Boards must notify people who appealed within 60 days, and assessors must send corrected totals to the state within 90 days. Qualifying towns that already adopted budgets or levied taxes for the year ending June 30, 2026, have another option. By June 15, 2025, they can amend those budgets and adjust tax levies and remaining installments. An extra tax bill is allowed only when the original tax was due in one installment.
Faster hospital sale reviews, no appeals
Connecticut’s health strategy commissioner can open an emergency ownership-transfer review for a hospital that has filed for bankruptcy. The transfer must require state approval, and the buyer must have or need bankruptcy court approval. Review covers that hospital and related subsidiaries or group practices that also need approval. The state must determine application completeness within three business days and decide within 60 days after it is complete. Missing information can delay review. The review examines access, cost, quality, market concentration, Medicaid access, bankruptcy effects, and the buyer’s financial recovery plans. For-profit buyers must provide added information showing continued operation in the public interest. Public comments are allowed at any time; an optional hearing can occur within 30 days after the application is complete. The state can hire consultants and charge applicants up to $200,000 total; reports used in the decision enter the record unless disclosure is barred. Approval can include conditions tailored to identified public-interest concerns, with written legal, factual, and policy reasons. Applicants and other parties can request changes to conditions for changed circumstances or other good cause. Decisions and conditions cannot be appealed, and existing state approvals remain in place. The process does not guarantee a sale or continued services.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Matthew Ritter
Democratic • House
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 2/24/2025
Senate Roll Call Vote 39
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 2/24/2025
House Roll Call Vote 29 EMERGENCY CERTIFICATION
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 2/24/2025
House Roll Call Vote 28 HOUSE AMD A
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Public Act 25-2
3/12/2025legislatureLine Item Vetoed by the Governor, Section(s): 7
3/3/2025legislatureSigned by Governor in Original
3/3/2025legislatureRules Suspended, Transmitted to the Governor
2/25/2025legislatureIn Concurrence
2/25/2025legislatureSenate Passed
2/25/2025SenateRules Suspended, Transmitted to the Senate
2/24/2025SenateHouse Passed
2/24/2025HouseHouse Rejected House Amendment Schedule A 5433
2/24/2025HouseEmergency Certification
2/23/2025legislature
Bill Text
Public Act No. 25-2
2/24/2025
New Bill
2/23/2025
Bill Analysis for HB-7067
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 5405 (No Fiscal Impact)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 5420 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 5433 (Cost)
Fiscal Note for HB-7067
House Roll Call Vote 28 HOUSE AMD A
House Roll Call Vote 29 EMERGENCY CERTIFICATION
House Schedule A LCO# 5433 (R)
Senate LCO Amendment #5405 (R)
Senate LCO Amendment #5420 (R)
Senate Roll Call Vote 39
Summary for Public Act No. 25-2
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