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ConnecticutSB 000032025 Regular SessionSenateWALLET
AN ACT CONCERNING CONSUMER PROTECTION AND SAFETY.
Sponsored By: General Law Committee
Signed by Governor
Summary
To (1) require fee disclosures for consumer goods and services, (2) impose various requirements concerning connected devices, (3) impose various requirements concerning repairs of electronic or appliance products, (4) require each municipality to establish and maintain a ".gov" Internet top-level domain, (5) provide that no supplier shall downsize, or reduce the quantity, amount, weight or size of, any eligible food unless such supplier (A) reduces the price charged for such eligible food by a commensurate amount, or (B) discloses that such supplier has made such downsizing or reduction, (6) authorize the Attorney General to declare and respond to abnormal economic disruptions, (7) prohibit persons from charging unconscionably excessive prices following precipitating events, and (8) modify the procedures applicable to persons who fail to adhere to provisions concerning precipitating events.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
10 provisions identified: 8 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Clearer rent prices and tenant remedies
Beginning October 1, 2025, Connecticut landlords must include required recurring charges in advertised rent, including default monthly charges tenants can decline. Exceptions include pet charges, certain variable utilities, damage beyond normal wear, and separate services. Payment-processing fees are excluded only at actual cost and with a no-fee payment option. Landlords must credit tenant payments to rent before other charges. Violations carry a penalty payable to the tenant equal to one month’s rent; courts may also award legal fees and costs.
Buyers get device recording choices
Beginning July 1, 2026, covered internet-connected appliances, televisions, and toys require camera or microphone disclosures before activation. These explain operation, recording, retention, data types, recipients, and the choice to decline activation. The rule covers the first Connecticut buyer, renter, or owner, with setup choices also available through a designated installer. Providers must allow refusal unless it makes the device useless. Disclosures must explain protection against discrimination for refusing, subject to the law’s employment-condition and device-uselessness exceptions.
Consumers gain emergency price-gouging protections
Beginning July 1, 2025, Connecticut vendors throughout the supply chain cannot charge grossly excessive prices during covered declared emergencies. Covered events include state civil preparedness or transportation emergencies and presidential major disaster or emergency declarations. Prices must be grossly disproportionate to pre-event prices and not explained by the vendor’s added costs. The restriction ends with the applicable declaration. Violations are unfair or deceptive trade practices enforced exclusively by the Connecticut attorney general.
Owners get more product repair access
Covered antennas, electronics, major appliances, and rotators must be first manufactured and first sold or used in Connecticut on or after July 1, 2026. Manufacturers must supply owners and repairers with repair instructions, functional parts, tools, and updates on fair and reasonable terms. Availability lasts at least three years for wholesale prices from $50 to under $100, and five years for $100 or more. These periods start when that model was last made and apply beyond warranties; exclusions include alarms, vehicles and components, and game consoles. Beginning July 1, 2026, independent shops must give written notice before requested repairs, disclosing their unauthorized status and use of used or non-manufacturer parts.
Shoppers see required fees upfront
Beginning July 1, 2026, businesses generally must include required fees and charges in advertised prices for goods and services. They cannot demand fees that were improperly advertised, intentionally hidden, unclear, or misrepresented. Exceptions cover specified disclosed taxes, government fees, mandatory tips, qualifying variable or not-yet-calculable fees, and transactions excluded by law. The rule covers transactions involving Connecticut residents or taking place in Connecticut. Violations are unfair or deceptive trade practices enforceable by the attorney general.
Stronger privacy protections for device users
Beginning July 1, 2026, providers must reasonably secure identifying information collected through covered device cameras or microphones. This includes protection against unauthorized access, collection, destruction, sharing, changes, or use. Providers cannot use or sell recordings for targeted ads without the initial consumer’s opt-in. No one may force providers to build camera or microphone features for law enforcement to monitor communications. Violations of the security and targeted-ad rules are unfair or deceptive trade practices.
Renters get first-page lease summaries
Connecticut’s housing department must publish a standard rental summary in English and Spanish by January 1, 2026. Beginning April 1, 2026, landlords must place a completed summary on the first page of written rental agreements. It lists the rental term, landlord, management contact, tenants, and total recurring rent.
Town websites must use official domains
Each Connecticut municipality must register a .gov domain with the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. By July 1, 2027, existing municipal website addresses must redirect to that domain or be discontinued. Beginning that date, every municipality must maintain a .gov website.
Repair-related claims face new limits
Beginning July 1, 2026, manufacturers and authorized repair providers are not liable for specified harm from owner or service-dealer work. This covers diagnosis, maintenance, modifications, and repairs. The limit includes product damage, injury, property damage, related losses, data or privacy loss, lost profits, and reduced function. It does not shield design or manufacturing defects that existed before, or independently of, that work.
Easier subscriptions, but limits on lawsuits
Beginning July 1, 2026, covered agreements with Connecticut residents require annual reminders listing services, charge amounts, frequency, and cancellation steps. Businesses must offer cancellation methods, answer cancellation calls promptly during business hours, and allow online cancellation for online signups. Within one business day, businesses must process voicemail requests or return calls; sufficient messages require cancellation if consumers cannot be reached. Before retention offers, businesses must explain consumers can say “cancel”; required online identity checks must have an offline alternative. The law bars cancellation delays, but removes private lawsuits under these rules and places enforcement with the attorney general.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
General Law Committee
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 5/5/2025
APP Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable)
Yes: 38 • No: 12
Senate vote • 4/25/2025
JUD Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable)
Yes: 25 • No: 12
Senate vote • 1/22/2025
Senate Roll Call Vote 184
Yes: 25 • No: 10
House vote • 1/22/2025
House Roll Call Vote 220 HOUSE AMD A
Yes: 47 • No: 96
Senate vote • 1/22/2025
Senate Roll Call Vote 183
Yes: 11 • No: 24
Senate vote • 1/22/2025
Senate Roll Call Vote 182
Yes: 25 • No: 10
Senate vote • 1/22/2025
GL Vote Tally Sheet (Vote to Draft)
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 1/22/2025
GL Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute)
Yes: 14 • No: 7
House vote • 1/22/2025
House Roll Call Vote 221 AS AMENDED
Yes: 112 • No: 34
Actions Timeline
Signed by the Governor
6/10/2025legislatureTransmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor
6/9/2025legislatureTransmitted to the Secretary of State
6/5/2025legislaturePublic Act 25-44
6/3/2025legislatureIn Concurrence
5/29/2025legislatureHouse Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A
5/29/2025HouseAmendment Withdrawn, House Amendment Schedule B 9696
5/29/2025legislatureHouse Rejected House Amendment Schedule A 9687
5/29/2025HouseHouse Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A
5/29/2025HouseHouse Calendar Number 612
5/16/2025HouseFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
5/16/2025HouseSenate Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A
5/15/2025SenateSenate Rejected Senate Amendment Schedule B 8607
5/15/2025SenateSenate Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A 8599
5/15/2025SenateFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
5/7/2025SenateNo New File by Committee on Appropriations
5/7/2025legislatureReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
5/6/2025legislatureFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
5/6/2025legislatureJoint Favorable
5/5/2025legislatureReferred by Senate to Committee on Appropriations
5/1/2025SenateFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
4/28/2025SenateNo New File by Committee on Judiciary
4/28/2025legislatureReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
4/28/2025legislatureFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
4/28/2025legislatureJoint Favorable
4/25/2025legislature
Bill Text
Public Act No. 25-44
6/3/2025
File No. 570
4/8/2025
APP Joint Favorable
3/21/2025
Committee Bill
3/21/2025
GL Joint Favorable Substitute
3/21/2025
JUD Joint Favorable
3/21/2025
Proposed Bill
1/8/2025
APP Joint Fav. Rpt
APP Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable)
Bill Analysis For File Copy 570
Bill Analysis for SB-3, as amended by Senate "A"
Fiscal Note For File Copy 570
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 8449 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 8548 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 8599 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 8607 (No Fiscal Impact)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 9687 (No Fiscal Impact)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 9696 (No Fiscal Impact)
Fiscal Note for SB-3, As Amended by Senate "A" (LCO 8599)
GL Joint Fav. Rpt
GL Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute)
GL Vote Tally Sheet (Vote to Draft)
House Roll Call Vote 220 HOUSE AMD A
House Roll Call Vote 221 AS AMENDED
House Schedule A LCO# 9687 (R)
House Schedule B LCO# 9696 (R)
JUD Joint Fav. Rpt
JUD Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable)
Senate LCO Amendment #8449 (D)
Senate LCO Amendment #8548 (D)
Senate Roll Call Vote 182
Senate Roll Call Vote 183
Senate Roll Call Vote 184
Senate Schedule A LCO# 8599 (D)
Senate Schedule B LCO# 8607 (R)
Summary for Public Act No. 25-44
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