All Roll Calls
Yes: 174 • No: 29
ConnecticutSB 013172025 Regular SessionSenateWALLET
AN ACT CONCERNING LIENS FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE HOUSING CODE.
Sponsored By: Planning and Development Committee
Signed by Governor
Summary
To specify that any unpaid penalty for a housing code violation or violation of public place ordinance shall constitute a lien upon the real estate against which the penalty was imposed from the date of such penalty.
planning and development
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Unpaid housing penalties become property liens
Beginning October 1, 2025, covered unpaid Connecticut municipal penalties become liens, or legal claims against the affected property. Covered penalties come from ordinances authorized by section 8-12a, local blight rules, and rules requiring safe and sanitary housing. The lien attaches to the property from the date the penalty was imposed. Municipalities can record, continue, release, and enforce these liens like property tax liens. These claims take priority over other liens and claims filed after July 1, 1997, but taxes come first.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Planning and Development Committee
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/7/2025
House Roll Call Vote 182
Yes: 125 • No: 22
Senate vote • 3/7/2025
Senate Roll Call Vote 166
Yes: 29 • No: 7
Senate vote • 3/7/2025
PD Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute)
Yes: 20 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Signed by the Governor
6/9/2025legislatureTransmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor
6/3/2025legislatureTransmitted to the Secretary of State
6/3/2025legislaturePublic Act 25-23
5/30/2025legislatureIn Concurrence
5/22/2025legislatureHouse Passed
5/22/2025HouseHouse Calendar Number 603
5/16/2025HouseFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
5/16/2025HouseSenate Passed
5/14/2025SenateFile Number 208
3/25/2025legislatureSenate Calendar Number 158
3/25/2025SenateFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
3/25/2025SenateReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
3/25/2025legislatureReferred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/24/25 5:00 PM
3/19/2025legislatureFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
3/11/2025legislatureJoint Favorable Substitute
3/7/2025legislaturePublic Hearing 02/19
2/14/2025legislatureReferred to Joint Committee on Planning and Development
2/13/2025legislature
Bill Text
Public Act No. 25-23
5/30/2025
File No. 208
3/25/2025
PD Joint Favorable Substitute
3/7/2025
Raised Bill
2/13/2025
Bill Analysis For File Copy 208
Fiscal Note For File Copy 208
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 7801 (Potential Revenue Gain)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 8030 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 8033 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 8034 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 8036 (Potential Revenue Gain)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 8055 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 8057 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 8058 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 8065 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 8075 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 8076 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 8078 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 8079 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 8080 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 8125 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 8132 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 8133 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 8134 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 8135 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 8136 (See Fiscal Note Details)
House Roll Call Vote 182
PD Joint Fav. Rpt
PD Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute)
Senate LCO Amendment #7801 (D)
Senate LCO Amendment #8030 (R)
Senate LCO Amendment #8033 (R)
Senate LCO Amendment #8034 (R)
Senate LCO Amendment #8036 (D)
Senate LCO Amendment #8055 (R)
Senate LCO Amendment #8057 (R)
Senate LCO Amendment #8058 (R)
Senate LCO Amendment #8065 (R)
Senate LCO Amendment #8075 (R)
Senate LCO Amendment #8076 (R)
Senate LCO Amendment #8078 (R)
Senate LCO Amendment #8079 (R)
Senate LCO Amendment #8080 (R)
Senate LCO Amendment #8125 (R)
Senate LCO Amendment #8132 (R)
Senate LCO Amendment #8133 (R)
Senate LCO Amendment #8134 (R)
Senate LCO Amendment #8135 (R)
Senate LCO Amendment #8136 (R)
Senate Roll Call Vote 166
Summary for Public Act No. 25-23
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