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SB00134 • 2026

AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT ZONE IN THE TOWN OF PLAINVILLE.

AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT ZONE IN THE TOWN OF PLAINVILLE.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Commerce Committee
Last action
2026-05-27
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official text does not specify what regulations, tax benefits, or restrictions apply within these airport development zones; it only defines their geographic boundaries.

Creating an Airport Development Zone in Plainville

This law establishes a second airport development zone specifically for the town of Plainville, bringing the total number of zones to two.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes state law to create two official airport development zones instead of one.
  • Defines specific census blocks that make up the new zone in Plainville based on 2020 data.
  • Keeps the existing list of census blocks for the first zone covering Windsor Locks, Suffield, East Granby, and Windsor using October 1, 2011 assignments.
  • Sets an effective date of October 1, 2026, for these changes to begin.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development
  • Residents and businesses in the town of Plainville within specific census blocks

Terms To Know

Airport development zone
A special area defined by law where rules for airport growth or business may apply.
Census block
The smallest geographic unit used to count people and land in a census survey.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The text lists the specific areas included but does not explain what rules or benefits apply inside these zones.
  • Boundaries for one zone are based on data from October 1, 2011, while the other uses 2020 census data.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-27 Connecticut General Assembly

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2026-05-26 Connecticut General Assembly

    Transmitted to the Secretary of State

  3. 2026-05-26 Connecticut General Assembly

    Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor

  4. 2026-05-19 LCO

    Public Act 26-104

  5. 2026-05-06 Connecticut General Assembly

    House Passed

  6. 2026-05-06 Connecticut General Assembly

    In Concurrence

  7. 2026-05-01 Connecticut General Assembly

    Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House

  8. 2026-05-01 Connecticut General Assembly

    House Calendar Number 545

  9. 2026-04-30 Connecticut General Assembly

    Senate Passed

  10. 2026-04-30 Connecticut General Assembly

    Rules Suspended, Transmitted to the House

  11. 2026-04-27 LCO

    Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office

  12. 2026-04-27 Connecticut General Assembly

    No New File by Committee on Appropriations

  13. 2026-04-27 Connecticut General Assembly

    Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate

  14. 2026-04-24 APP

    Joint Favorable

  15. 2026-04-24 LCO

    Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office

  16. 2026-04-21 Connecticut General Assembly

    Referred by Senate to Committee on Appropriations

  17. 2026-04-21 Connecticut General Assembly

    Immediate Transmittal

  18. 2026-04-14 FIN

    Joint Favorable

  19. 2026-04-14 LCO

    Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office

  20. 2026-04-14 LCO

    Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office

  21. 2026-04-14 Connecticut General Assembly

    No New File by Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding

  22. 2026-04-14 Connecticut General Assembly

    Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate

  23. 2026-04-08 Connecticut General Assembly

    Immediate Transmittal to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding

  24. 2026-03-18 LCO

    Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office

  25. 2026-03-18 Connecticut General Assembly

    Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate

  26. 2026-03-18 Connecticut General Assembly

    Senate Calendar Number 63

  27. 2026-03-18 LCO

    File Number 52

  28. 2026-03-12 LCO

    Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/17/26 5:00 PM

  29. 2026-03-05 CE

    Joint Favorable

  30. 2026-03-05 LCO

    Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office

  31. 2026-02-13 Connecticut General Assembly

    Public Hearing 02/17

  32. 2026-02-11 Connecticut General Assembly

    Referred to Joint Committee on Commerce

Official Summary Text

To require the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development to establish an airport development zone in the town of Plainville.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
Senate Bill No. 134

Public Act No. 26-104

AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT ZONE IN
THE TOWN OF PLAINVILLE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 32 -75d of the general statutes is
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October
1, 2026):
(a) There [is] are established [an] two airport development [zone,]
zones:
(1) One of which is comprised of the following census blocks as
assigned on October 1, 2011, in the towns of Windsor Locks, Suffield,
East Granby and Windsor:
090034701001022, 090034701003000, 090034701003001,
090034701003002, 090034701003003, 090034701003004,
090034701003005, 090034701003017, 090034701003018,
090034701003019, 090034701003020, 090034701003021,
090034701003025, 090034701003026, 090034735022009,
090034735022010, 090034735022011, 090034735022012,
090034735022013, 090034735025004, 090034735027000,
090034735029000, 090034735029001, 090034735029002,
090034735029003, 090034735029004, 090034735029006,
090034761009000, 090034761009010, 090034761009011,
090034761009012, 090034761009013, 090034762001023,
Senate Bill No. 134

Public Act No. 26-104 2 of 2

090034762001025, 090034762002009, 090034762002013,
090034763003004, 090034763009000, 090034763009001,
090034763009002, 090034763009003, 090034763009004,
090034763009005, 090034763009006, 090034763009007,
090034763009008, 090034763009009, 090034763009010,
090034763009011, 090034763009012, 090034763009013,
090034763009014, 090034763009015, 090034763009016,
090034763009017, 090034763009018, 090034763009020,
090034763009021, 090034763009022, 090034763009023,
090034763009024, 090034763009025, 090034763009026,
090034763009031, 090034763009033, 090034771014005,
090034771014011, 090034771014012, 090034771014013,
090034771014014, 090034771014017, 090034771014018,
090034771014019, 090034771014020, 090034771023025,
090034771023026, 090034771023027, 090034771023036,
090034701003006, 090034701003022, 090034701003023,
090034701005000, 090034761001039, 090034763009028.

(2) One of which is comprised of the following census blocks as
determined in accordance with the 2020 federal decennial census, in the
town of Plainville:
090034204001000, 090034204001001, 090034204001006,
090034204001009, 090034204001010, 090034206021000,
090034206021005, 090034206021006, 090034206021013.