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Commerce committee puts multiple bills on consent calendar; brownfields and DECD statutes discussed

2675185 · March 18, 2025
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Summary

Connecticut House Commerce Committee moved a package of bills to its consent calendar, including proposals on bioscience zones, a homeownership tax credit, brownfields remediation, and changes to DECD statutes; two items had roll calls with votes left open.

The House Commerce Committee reconvened and placed several bills on its consent calendar, moving forward measures on bioscience zones, a homeownership incentive, brownfields remediation, and multiple Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) reforms.

The committee chair listed bills considered for final action and members moved items including SB 575 (expansion of the bioscience enterprise zone in Plainville); SB 576 (the "Learn Here, Live Here" first-time homebuyer tax treatment); SB 1178 (a study of the DECD website); SB 1454 (Brownfields program eligibility for certain municipalities); HB 5008 (establishing the Connecticut–Puerto Rico Trade Commission); HB 7084 (a…

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