AN ACT CONCERNING THE ZONING OF GROUP HOMES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2018) No municipality shall adopt or enforce any ordinance or regulation that prevents the location of a community-based residential facility housing disabled persons or persons recovering from substance abuse. For purposes of this section, "community-based residential facility" includes, but is not limited to, a transitional facility, group home, community companion home, community living arrangement or a supervised apartment and "municipality" means any town, city, borough, consolidated town and city or consolidated town and borough.