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House of Representatives
File No. 748
General Assembly
February Session, 2026 (Reprint of File No. 26)
House Bill No. 5369
As Amended by House Amendment
Schedule "A"
Approved by the Legislative Commissioner
April 30, 2026
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE ON AFFORDABLE AND
MIDDLE HOUSING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. ( Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force 1
to (1) evaluate the calculation of the threshold at or above which the 2
affordable housing appeals procedure outlined in section 8 -30g of the 3
general statutes is not available ; (2) evaluate the moratorium process 4
described in subsection (l) of section 8 -30g of the general statutes; (3) 5
evaluate the length of deed restrictions required for the award of 6
housing unit-equivalent points for proposed developments pursuant to 7
section 8-30g of the general statutes; (4) recommend changes, if any, to 8
section 8-30g of the general statutes to improve the effectiveness and 9
clarity of the provisions outlined in subdivisions (1) to (3), inclusive, of 10
this subsection; (5) examine existing state and local regulatory barriers 11
to developing missing middle housing and recommend statutory, 12
regulatory and administrative solutions to encourage missing middle 13
housing development, including, but not limited to, revisions to the 14
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State Building Code, and State Fire Safety and State Fire Prevention 15
Codes; and (6) recommend changes to state law to reduce barriers to the 16
development of missing middle housing. For the purposes of this 17
section, "missing middle housing" means duplexes, triplexes, 18
quadplexes, cottage clusters and townhouses consisting of sixteen units 19
or fewer. 20
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 21
(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, 22
one of whom is a public safety official; 23
(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one of 24
whom is an employee of the Department of Administrative Services; 25
(3) Two appointed by the majority leader of the House of 26
Representatives; 27
(4) Two appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; 28
(5) Two appointed by the minority leader of the House of 29
Representatives; and 30
(6) Two appointed by the minority leader of the Senate. 31
(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), 32
(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member 33
of the General Assembly. Not more than six members total may be 34
members of the General Assembly. 35
(d) All initial appointments to the task force shall be made not later 36
than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall 37
be filled by the appointing authority. 38
(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro 39
tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from 40
among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule 41
the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty 42
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days after the effective date of this section. 43
(f) The chairpersons of the task force may, at their discretion, appoint 44
additional nonvoting members of the task force. 45
(g) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 46
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing 47
shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 48
(h) Not later than January 1, 2027, the task force shall submit a report 49
on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of 50
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to housing, 51
in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. 52
The task force shall terminate on the date that it submits such report or 53
January 1, 2027, whichever is later. 54
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
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The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of
the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not
represent the intent of the General Assembly or either cha mber thereof for any purpose. In general,
fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional
knowledge. Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final
products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact: None
Municipal Impact: None
Explanation
The bill establishes a task force to evaluate the calculation associated
with the affordable housing appeals procedure and to make certain
recommendations resulting in no fiscal impact to the state because the
task force has the expertise and capacity to meet the requirements of the
bill.
House "A" alters the scope of the task force's duties and the
composition of the task force resulting in the impact described above.
The Out Years
State Impact: None
Municipal Impact: None
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OLR Bill Analysis
HB 5369 (as amended by House "A")
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE ON THE CALCULATION
OF AFFORDABILITY IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING APPEALS
PROCESS.
SUMMARY
The Office of Legislative Research does not analyze Special Acts.
COMMITTEE ACTION
Housing Committee
Joint Favorable
Yea 18 Nay 0 (03/05/2026)