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ConnecticutSB 015292025 Regular SessionSenateWALLET
AN ACT REVISING THE EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROVISIONS REGARDING CERTAIN MUNICIPAL REFERENDA AND EQUITY JOINT VENTURES AND CONCERNING CONTRACTS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES, THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION'S NETWORK OF SCHOOLS, THE REPORTING OF CERTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICT FINANCIAL INFORMATION, THE FAILURE TO FILE FOR CERTAIN GRAND LIST EXEMPTIONS AND THE DEFERRALS OF CERTAIN TOWNS' REAL PROPERTY REVALUATIONS.
Sponsored By: Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee
Signed by Governor
Summary
To allow certain persons to file for a certain property tax exemption, notwithstanding certain statutory deadlines, and authorize the town of Trumbull to defer the revaluation of real property in said town by one year.
finance, revenue and bonding
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
Tax refunds for missed property exemptions
The law gives otherwise-eligible property owners another chance to claim specified property-tax exemptions under section 12-81(76). Covered grand list years are Berlin 2023 and 2024; Canton, Manchester, and Newington 2023; Milford 2024; and New Haven 2022. Owners must file the required statement within 30 days after July 1, 2025, and pay the statutory late-filing fee. After verifying eligibility and fee payment, the assessor must approve the exemption. The town must refund taxes, interest, and penalties paid above what a timely filing required.
Higher payments for developmental service providers
The Department of Developmental Services must raise contracted service rates by 3.3% on July 1, 2027. Rates rise another 3.3% on January 1, 2028. Residential-service providers receive an additional 3% increase on each date. The increases use a $105 million pool for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2028. These payments go to providers, not directly to households receiving services.
Small-town voters can reverse permit decisions
Beginning September 30, 2025, voters in Connecticut towns with 16,000 or fewer people can petition for a local referendum. Population is measured by the most recent decennial U.S. census. The referendum can challenge environmental permit approvals or denials based on section 22a-20a(g). Petitions and votes must follow the procedures in sections 7-7 and 7-9. An affirmative referendum vote reverses the environmental commissioner's decision.
Newington and Trumbull can delay revaluations
Newington and Trumbull can delay property revaluations from the assessment year starting October 1, 2025, to October 1, 2026. Each town's legislative body must approve its delay. Later revaluations resume at the point in the statutory schedule the town followed before the delay. This can postpone assessment-related tax increases or decreases; the law sets no individual tax-bill change.
School turnaround network closes to new schools
Beginning July 1, 2025, the Education Commissioner cannot add schools to the state's school turnaround network, whose authority covers fiscal years 2013–2028. Schools already participating on July 1, 2025, can stay one or two additional years under an exception to usual extension approval rules. The commissioner must review each school before its third year ends. Local or regional school boards must consult the commissioner and plan the school's return to full board control. The State Board of Education must approve that plan.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 4/24/2025
House Roll Call Vote 381 AS AMENDED
Yes: 144 • No: 1
Senate vote • 4/24/2025
Senate Roll Call Vote 402
Yes: 36 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/24/2025
FIN Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute)
Yes: 50 • No: 2
Actions Timeline
Signed by the Governor
7/1/2025legislatureTransmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor
6/27/2025legislatureTransmitted to the Secretary of State
6/27/2025legislaturePublic Act 25-175
6/23/2025legislatureIn Concurrence
6/4/2025legislatureHouse Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A
6/4/2025HouseHouse Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A
6/4/2025HouseRules Suspended
6/4/2025legislatureHouse Calendar Number 693
6/4/2025HouseFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
6/4/2025HouseTransmitted Pursuant To Joint Rule 17
6/4/2025legislatureSenate Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A
6/4/2025SenateSenate Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A 10736
6/4/2025SenateFile Number 852
5/8/2025legislatureSenate Calendar Number 446
5/8/2025SenateFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
5/8/2025SenateReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
5/8/2025legislatureReferred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 05/07/25 5:00 PM
5/2/2025legislatureFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
4/24/2025legislatureJoint Favorable Substitute
4/24/2025legislaturePublic Hearing 03/24
3/20/2025legislatureReferred to Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding
3/19/2025legislature
Bill Text
Public Act No. 25-175
6/4/2025
File No. 852
5/8/2025
FIN Joint Favorable Substitute
4/24/2025
Raised Bill
3/19/2025
Bill Analysis For File Copy 852
FIN Joint Fav. Rpt
FIN Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute)
Fiscal Note For File Copy 852
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 10736 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for SB-1529, As Amended by Senate "A" (LCO 10736)
House Roll Call Vote 381 AS AMENDED
Senate Roll Call Vote 402
Senate Schedule A LCO# 10736 (D)
Summary for Public Act No. 25-175
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