All Roll Calls
Yes: 203 • No: 0
ConnecticutHB 070852025 Regular SessionHouse
AN ACT CONCERNING A REVIEW OF AND A TRANSITION TO THE RELEASE-BASED CLEANUP PROGRAM AND RELATED REGULATIONS.
Sponsored By: Commerce Committee
Signed by Governor
Summary
To review the transition to a release-based cleanup program.
commerce
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Limits on reopening completed home cleanups
Beginning October 1, 2025, Connecticut’s environmental commissioner cannot reopen completed cleanup on a specific violation basis at qualifying homes. The parcel must be used only for an owner-occupied, single-family home, and the release must have been discovered and cleaned up. The protection covers reopening based on violations of sections 22a-134qq through 22a-134tt, not every possible reason for reopening.
Property owners gain cleanup proof options
Beginning October 1, 2025, closure reports verified by licensed environmental professionals count as cleanup verification for the site portion containing the release. For a defined area with several releases, every release needs a verified closure report. Parcel owners can also submit Form III or Form IV verifications without being the party responsible for certifying compliance. That certifying party can rely on an owner's verification after more than one year. The commissioner must either have started no audit or have completed any audit started.
Old data alone excludes cleanup discovery
The law excludes a release from being treated as discovered when older data is its only evidence. The data must have been available or generated before the new release-based cleanup regulations took effect. This limits cleanup triggers for responsible parties, but also limits which releases the program treats as discovered. The exclusion does not apply when other evidence exists.
Site cleanup options carry new deadlines
Beginning October 1, 2025, responsible parties gain a route into release-based cleanup for sites investigated under prevailing standards and guidelines. A licensed environmental professional must prepare a report listing every discovered release. Parties must wait at least 90 days after submission, or until the commissioner accepts an audited report, whichever is later. Within one year after submission, they must file closure reports for each release or assign releases to cleanup tiers; releases can be grouped for tier assignment. Instead, they can choose existing cleanup requirements in writing within that year. Any audit must begin within 90 days and finish within one year of report receipt. The commissioner can issue a no-further-obligations letter after all listed releases have closure reports and the report is accepted or the applicable audit period expires.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Commerce Committee
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 3/20/2025
Senate Roll Call Vote 306
Yes: 36 • No: 0
House vote • 3/20/2025
House Roll Call Vote 209 AS AMENDED
Yes: 147 • No: 0
House vote • 3/20/2025
CE Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute)
Yes: 20 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Signed by the Governor
6/10/2025legislatureTransmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor
6/9/2025legislatureTransmitted to the Secretary of State
6/9/2025legislaturePublic Act 25-54
6/3/2025legislatureOn Consent Calendar / In Concurrence
5/30/2025legislatureSenate Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A
5/30/2025SenateSenate Adopted House Amendment Schedule A
5/30/2025SenateFile Number 984
5/29/2025legislatureSenate Calendar Number 558
5/29/2025SenateFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
5/29/2025SenateImmediate Transmittal to the Senate
5/28/2025SenateHouse Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A
5/28/2025HouseHouse Adopted House Amendment Schedule A 9508
5/28/2025HouseFile Number 559
4/7/2025legislatureHouse Calendar Number 348
4/7/2025HouseFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
4/7/2025HouseReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
4/7/2025legislatureReferred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/07/25 12:00 PM
3/31/2025legislatureFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
3/20/2025legislatureJoint Favorable Substitute
3/20/2025legislaturePublic Hearing 03/04
2/28/2025legislatureReferred to Joint Committee on Commerce
2/27/2025legislature
Bill Text
Public Act No. 25-54
6/3/2025
File No. 984
5/29/2025
File No. 559
4/7/2025
CE Joint Favorable Substitute
3/20/2025
Raised Bill
2/27/2025
Bill Analysis For File Copy 559
Bill Analysis For File Copy 984
Bill Analysis for HB-7085, as amended by House "A"
CE Joint Fav. Rpt
CE Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute)
Fiscal Note For File Copy 559
Fiscal Note For File Copy 984
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 9196 (No Fiscal Impact)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 9508 (No Fiscal Impact)
Fiscal Note for HB-7085, As Amended by House "A" (LCO 9508)
House LCO Amendment #9196 (J)
House Roll Call Vote 209 AS AMENDED
House Schedule A LCO# 9508 (J)
Senate Roll Call Vote 306
Summary for Public Act No. 25-54
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