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IntroducedFeb 18, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Passed House
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Became Law
Connecticut Senate Bill
AN ACT CONCERNING CONSUMER PROTECTIONS REGARDING RESIDENTIAL SOLAR AND ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS. To (1) exempt from licensing requirements certain persons (A) employed by, and under the direction of, a licensed solar contractor, and (B) performing certain work on a solar photovoltaic facility, (2) amend the Home Solicitation Sales Act by (A) defining and redefining various terms, (B) requiring the Office of Consumer Counsel to develop a consumer handbook concerning home solicitation sales of residential solar photovoltaic systems, (C) requiring sellers to make additional disclosures, (D) establishing requirements concerning sellers of residential solar photovoltaic systems, and (E) modifying the penalty applicable for violations of said act, and (3) require residential solar lenders and lessors to provide payoff statements and transfer documentation.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 20, 2026: Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Senate Calendar: Senate Calendar, Apr 27, 2026
Position: 173
Summary
Comments on SB 233
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- General Law Committeeprimary
Votes
YES: 40
- Winfield G
- Osborne M
- Stafstrom S
- Pavalock-D'Amato C
- Flexer M
- Perillo J
- Gadkar-Wilcox S
- Quinn M
- Fazzino J
- Rahman M
- Kissel J
- Roberts K
- Fishbein C
- Rutigliano D
- Blumenthal M
- Simms T
- Veach D
- Cabrera J
- Walker T
- Callahan P
- Wilson D
- Cicarella P
- DeCaprio M
- Delany H
- Dillon P
- Doucette J
- Dubitsky D
- Elliott J
- Gaston H
- Gilchrest J
- Godfrey B
- Howard G
- Jacobson J
- Johnson D
- Khan M
- LaMark Muir R
- Lesser M
- Maher C
- Miller P
- O'Dea T
NO: 0
ABSENT: 1
- Brown M
YES: 48
- Osten C
- Gordon J
- Walker T
- Haddad G
- Hartley J
- Harding S
- Kushner J
- Exum T
- Johnson S
- Paris C
- Kavros DeGraw E
- Somers H
- Khan M
- Ackert T
- Leeper J
- Anwar S
- Lesser M
- Baker A
- Martinez R
- Belton K
- Marx M
- Berthel E
- McCarthy Vahey C
- Bolinsky M
- McCrory D
- Brown M
- Nolan A
- Candelaria J
- Pavalock-D'Amato C
- Reyes G
- Dathan L
- Rosario C
- Sanchez E
- DeFronzo D
- Sanchez J
- Delany H
- Simms T
- Dillon P
- Slap D
- Felipe A
- Winfield G
- Flexer M
- Foncello M
- Gaiewski D
- Garibay J
- Gibson B
- Gilchrest J
- Gonzalez M
NO: 5
- Hoxha J
- Kennedy K
- Nuccio T
- Courpas T
- DeCaprio M
OTHER: 0
Actions
- Apr 20, 2026 | Senate
- Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office (LCO)
- Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office (LCO)
- No New File by Committee on Appropriations
- Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
- Apr 17, 2026 | Senate
- Joint Favorable (APP)
- Apr 15, 2026 | Senate
- Referred by Senate to Committee on Appropriations
- Immediate Transmittal
- Apr 13, 2026 | Senate
- Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office (LCO)
- Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office (LCO)
- No New File by Committee on Judiciary
- Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
- Apr 10, 2026 | Senate
- Joint Favorable (JUD)
- Apr 08, 2026 | Senate
- Immediate Transmittal to Committee on Judiciary
- Mar 30, 2026 | Senate
- Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office (LCO)
- Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
- Senate Calendar Number 173
- File Number 218 (LCO)
- Mar 23, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/30/26 12:00 PM (LCO)
- Mar 12, 2026 | Senate
- Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office (LCO)
- Mar 11, 2026 | Senate
- Joint Favorable Substitute (GL)
- Feb 19, 2026 | Senate
- Public Hearing 02/23
- Feb 18, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Joint Committee on General Law
