AN ACT REPEALING CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ACT.

SB 889 repeals specific exceptions in the Environmental Justice Act (removing section 22a-20b of the general statutes), ensuring the law applies uniformly to all communities regardless of size. This directly affects communities previously excluded from the act’s protections, particularly smaller municipalities or neighborhoods. The key mechanism is eliminating the existing statutory exemptions that limited the law’s reach. The bill’s purpose is to make environmental justice provisions fully operational across every community in the state, without size-based exclusions.