New Connecticut laws taking effect January 1, 2027
4 laws take effect January 1, 2027.
Of the 389 bills enacted since 2025, 388 have an effective date and 1 doesn't yet (listed below). A law here takes effect that day by its main provisions; parts of a staggered act may take effect on other dates.
Updated Oct 31, 2026 at 11:12 a.m. EDT.
Healthcare (2)
HB 5374 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH COVERAGE MANDATES FOR CERTAIN HEALTH CONDITIONS
How we got this date
The date of the act's main provisions (Section 1).
Section 1: (Effective January 1, 2027)
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
HB 5377 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
AN ACT CONCERNING RETURN OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDER PAYMENTS
How we got this date
The date of the act's main provisions (Section 1).
Section 1: (Effective January 1, 2027)
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
Finance (1)
HB 5127 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
AN ACT CONCERNING CREDIT CARDS AND HEALTH AND VETERINARY CARE SERVICES
How we got this date
The date of the act's main provisions (Section 1).
Section 1: (Effective January 1, 2027)
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
Housing (1)
SB 340 · 2026 Regular SessionStated
AN ACT CONCERNING CONTINUING REAL ESTATE EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS, PUBLIC MARKETING OF CERTAIN REAL ESTATE LISTINGS AND REVISING THE TITLE OF A REAL ESTATE SALESPERSON TO A REAL ESTATE AGENT
How we got this date
The date of the act's main provisions (Section 2).
Section 2: (Effective January 1, 2027)
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
Enacted, but not yet dated (1)
These laws' texts tie their dates to something outside the legislative record (Contingent), or not enough is recorded yet to give one (Unresolved). They may take effect January 1, 2027 too; the record doesn't say.
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- SB 1234ContingentAN ACT PROHIBITING LIBRARIES FROM AGREEING TO CERTAIN TERMS IN ELECTRONIC BOOK AND DIGITAL AUDIOBOOK LICENSE AGREEMENTS OR CONTRACTSSixtieth day after the Secretary of the State, in consultation with the State Librarian, determines that a substantially similar law has been enacted in one or more other states with aggregate population of at least seven million