Connecticut Public Act 25-44 is a consumer-protection law about automatic-renewal subscriptions, not a mold statute. It takes effect July 1, 2026, and it changes how any business that auto-renews a customer's plan in Connecticut has to disclose and remind. If you run a Connecticut inspection business that bills clients on a recurring plan, or you subscribe to software that auto-renews, this one touches you.
What does Connecticut Public Act 25-44 require?
Public Act 25-44 requires sellers of automatic-renewal and continuous-service offers to give clear, conspicuous disclosure of the renewal terms before the customer is charged, an easy way to cancel, and an annual reminder for longer-term subscriptions. The reminder has to tell the customer three things: the service that is set to renew, the means to cancel it, and the frequency and amount of the charges (Connecticut General Assembly, Public Act 25-44). The point is to stop the silent perpetual charge a customer forgot they signed up for.
This sits alongside the federal direction of the same rules. Auto-renewal disclosure and easy-cancel requirements have been tightening across multiple states and at the federal level, so a Connecticut-specific act is one piece of a broader pattern rather than an outlier (Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection).
Does Public Act 25-44 regulate mold inspections?
No. Public Act 25-44 does not license, certify, or regulate mold inspectors, and it sets no inspection or sampling standard. Connecticut still does not license mold inspectors at all (see Connecticut mold inspector licensing). The act is about the billing relationship, so it reaches an inspector only through how that inspector charges, or how the inspector's vendors charge the inspector.
Where it does reach you is the recurring-revenue model. If you sell a homeowner or a property manager an ongoing monitoring plan, a seasonal re-inspection subscription, or any service that renews on its own, you are the seller the act describes, and the disclosure-plus-reminder duties land on you.
How should a Connecticut inspector prepare for July 1, 2026?
Audit any recurring offer you sell to Connecticut customers and make sure the renewal terms are disclosed up front, cancellation is genuinely easy, and you can produce the required annual reminder. If every job you sell is a one-time inspection with a one-time invoice, the act largely passes you by; the obligations attach to renewing offers, not to a single report. If you do run renewing plans, the practical move is to template the three-part reminder now (service, cancellation method, charge amount and frequency) so it is ready before the effective date (Connecticut General Assembly, Public Act 25-44).
The flip side is the software you depend on. A vendor that auto-renews your subscription owes you the same disclosures. MoldMind sends an annual renewal reminder to Connecticut subscribers built around exactly the three elements the act names, so the compliance burden on that relationship sits with the vendor, not with you. The report-generation work you came for is unaffected; the change is purely in how the subscription is disclosed. See the sample report.
For the broader licensing picture across states, see the state licensing overview.
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Sources
- Connecticut General Assembly, Public Act 25-44 — automatic-renewal disclosure, easy cancellation, and the three-element annual reminder (service, cancellation means, charge frequency and amount); effective July 1, 2026.
- Connecticut General Assembly, bill and act lookup — full text and legislative history.
- Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection — enforcement context for consumer-protection and auto-renewal rules.