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Steve Weir's Hidden Business: What the Public Record Shows
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*A personal report by Scott Sauyet · scott@sauyet.com · Not an official town
document*
*State Representative Steve Weir (R-55) · Connecticut Apartment Association
board member · Public-records analysis · Compiled May 7, 2026*
*This report compiles what is publicly known about the active business holdings
of Steve Weir, the Republican State Representative for the 55th House District
(Andover, Bolton, Glastonbury, Hebron, and Marlborough). The data comes from
Connecticut Secretary of State filings indexed by OpenCorporates, the
Glastonbury and Hebron assessor databases, the Connecticut Apartment
Association's own member directory, contemporaneous news reporting from CT
Mirror and NBC Connecticut, and Weir's own statements in legislative debate, on
his official "About" page, and to the Glastonbury Patch. The report's purpose is
informational: when a state legislator votes on housing and landlord-tenant
policy, constituents have an interest in knowing what business interests inform
that vote. Where a fact is confirmed by a primary source, it is marked ✓. Where
the report draws an inference from circumstantial evidence, the inference is
labeled as such.*
Overview
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On Wednesday, May 6, 2026 — the final day of the legislative session —
Connecticut House Majority Leader Jason Rojas announced that Senate Bill 274 was
dead. The bill would have increased penalties for repeated building and fire
code violations and required non-resident landlords to register identifying
information with the towns where their properties are located. It had passed the
Senate 24–10 and cleared the Planning and Development Committee unanimously. It
died on the House floor because Rep. Steve Weir, R-Hebron, and other Republican
legislators threatened to run the clock out on debate until midnight.
The bill was a direct response to the Concierge Apartments crisis in Rocky Hill,
where thousands of tenants were displaced earlier this year because of safety
failures and weeks-long hotel stays paid for by emergency funds. The owner of
Concierge — a Los Angeles-based private equity firm called JRK Property
Holdings, operating through an entity called Century Hills — eventually paid
more than $5 million in restitution after Attorney General William Tong opened
an investigation. SB 274 was designed to give towns a "bigger stick" against bad
actors of that profile, in the words of Rocky Hill Town Councilor Zach van
Luling.
In opposing the bill on the floor, Weir described himself, in his own words, as
"a service provider to apartments." He has previously described himself, in
legislative committee and on television, as someone who has "done work for a lot
of landlords over the years." He sits on the board of the Connecticut Apartment
Association, the trade group representing residential apartment owners. And in a
2024 candidate questionnaire, he said: "I currently spend most of my time on my
commercial real estate property."
This report assembles the public record on what those statements mean.
It has three parts:
1. **Part 1** documents the businesses Steve Weir is associated with, based on
Connecticut Secretary of State filings.
2. **Part 2** examines the commercial real estate property at 60 Village Place,
Glastonbury — the property Weir himself identifies as his primary occupation
outside the legislature.
3. **Part 3** lays out his connection to the Connecticut Apartment Association
and his record on landlord-tenant legislation in the General Assembly,
including the May 6, 2026 vote.
Part 1 — What businesses Steve Weir owns
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### Confirmed entities ✓ *Connecticut Secretary of State filings via OpenCorporates* ###
The Connecticut Secretary of State maintains a public registry of limited
liability companies and corporations. The registry is searchable by company name
through business.ct.gov, but not by officer or member name. The OpenCorporates
project (opencorporates.com) indexes the same data and supports officer-name
searches.
Searches for "Stephen J Weir," "Stephen Weir," "Steve Weir," and "Allegra Weir"
— Weir's wife — in the Connecticut jurisdiction return the following nine active
or recently-active business entities. The "Confidence" column reflects how the
entity is tied to Representative Weir specifically, since "Steve Weir" is a
common name and not every hit is the same person.
| Entity | Formed | Confidence and basis |
| ----------------------------------- | ------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 60 Village Place, LLC | 2009 | ✓ Definitive — Allegra Weir is a co-officer |
| American Integrity Restoration, LLC | 2005 | ✓ Definitive — his publicly disclosed founder business |
| Gilead Hill Farm, LLC | 2021 | ✓ Definitive — Allegra Weir is a co-officer |
| Horizon Aviation, LLC | 2012 | ✓ High — matches his disclosed activity as a pilot |
| Air Holdings, Inc. | 2022 | ✓ High — same officer ID pattern as Horizon Aviation |
| Primary Energy, LLC | 2024 | ✓ High — his LinkedIn lists him as "Steve Weir – Primary Energy" |
| Ice New England Enterprises, LLC | 2024 | ✓ Definitive — Stephen J. Weir is manager and registered agent |
| Steve Weir LLC | 2022 | Possible — solo entity, requires verification |
| CT River Valley Chamber of Commerce | 1956 | ✓ Confirmed unrelated — he is the chamber board chair |
> **Notes:** The entries marked "Definitive" rely on Allegra Weir appearing as a
> co-officer on the same filing. "Allegra Weir" is rare enough as a name
> combination that her co-officership effectively guarantees the entity is the
> Representative's. The "High" entries rely on consistent Connecticut Secretary
> of State officer-ID patterns across multiple known-his entities. "Steve's Auto
> Repair" and "Windsor Street Auto, LLC" also appeared in the searches but are
> excluded above because the names and addresses point to a different Steve
> Weir.
### What each entity appears to do ###
Where Weir or his family business activity is publicly visible, this report can
identify what each LLC does. Where it is not, the report says so.
**60 Village Place, LLC** owns the commercial industrial parcel at 60 Village
Place, Glastonbury. Part 2 documents this in detail.
**American Integrity Restoration, LLC** was Weir's disaster restoration
contracting business, founded in 2005. It was acquired in 2022 by Colorado-based
BluSky Restoration Contractors, where Weir's own LinkedIn subsequently listed
him as a business development manager. The Connecticut Secretary of State
records the LLC's status as "domesticated" — a specific legal term under CGS §
34-645 meaning the LLC was transferred to another state's jurisdiction (rather
than dissolved). The entity continues to exist with the same EIN and contracts,
but no longer as a Connecticut LLC. Weir presumably no longer holds an interest
in it post-acquisition, though that is an inference from the BluSky deal rather
than a fact disclosed in the Connecticut filings.
**Gilead Hill Farm, LLC** is the family farm operation on the approximately 30
acres of Gilead Street land Weir and his wife own personally in Hebron. Its
public Facebook page describes it as a "local family farm offering fruit,
vegetables and eggs," with deliveries arranged through Weir's daughter Meredith.
The LLC's registered address is 888 Gilead Street, Hebron — one of the parcels
the Weirs personally own. This is a working farm operation, not a real estate
holding entity.
**Horizon Aviation, LLC** and **Air Holdings, Inc.** are aviation entities. Weir
is a private pilot. The two entities together are consistent with the typical
structure for an aircraft owner: an aircraft-holding LLC paired with a separate
operations entity.
**Primary Energy, LLC** appears to be Weir's home heating oil business. NBC
Connecticut's Mike Hydeck introduced him on the *Face the Facts* program in
January 2026 as "a small business owner who was in the construction business,
and does home heating oil now." Weir's own LinkedIn profile is titled "Steve
Weir — Primary Energy, LLC."
**Ice New England Enterprises, LLC** is, per Weir's own October 14, 2025 annual
report filing with the Connecticut Secretary of State, a used car dealership
(NAICS code 441120). The annual report identifies Stephen J. Weir as both the
manager and the registered agent, with the principal office at 888 Gilead
Street, Hebron — the same address as the Weir family residence and Gilead Hill
Farm LLC. The entity was formed in January 2024; the 2025 annual report was
Weir's first annual filing for it. The name "Ice New England" does not obviously
correspond to a used car dealership, and no public-facing website or business
presence for this entity has been identified. This may be the "small business
start-up" Weir referenced in his 2024 Glastonbury Patch candidate questionnaire.
**Steve Weir LLC** is a solo entity formed in 2022 with a generic name. The
purpose is not publicly identifiable from the Secretary of State filing alone.
**CT River Valley Chamber of Commerce, Inc.** is the regional chamber where Weir
is publicly disclosed as the board chair. It is not a personal business and is
included here only because it surfaced in the officer-name searches.
Part 2 — The commercial real estate at 60 Village Place, Glastonbury
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### What Weir told voters about it ✓ *2024 Glastonbury Patch candidate questionnaire* ###
In a 2024 candidate questionnaire from the Glastonbury Patch, Weir was asked
about his occupation outside the legislature. He answered: "Other than serving
in the House of Representatives, I'm self employed, and operate several small
businesses. I currently spend most of my time on my commercial real estate
property, and I'm working on another small business start-up."
This is one of the few times Weir has publicly identified commercial real estate
as his primary business activity. It does not appear in his "About" page on the
House Republican website, which describes him as "Founder of American Integrity
Restoration (Now BluSky Restoration Contractors)" and lists his community
involvements but does not mention the commercial property.
### What the Glastonbury assessor records show ✓ *Vision Government Solutions, Town of Glastonbury* ###
The Glastonbury assessor's online property record card for 60 Village Place
documents the parcel in detail.
| Field | Value |
| ---------------------- | -------------------------------- |
| Owner | 60 VILLAGE PLACE LLC |
| Location | 60 Village Pl, Glastonbury 06033 |
| Parcel ID (MBLU) | F4 / 7290 / E0002 |
| Acres | 5.95 |
| Zone | PE (Planned Industrial) |
| Land use code | 301 (Industrial) |
| Total appraisal (2025) | $1,689,000 |
| Total assessment | $1,182,300 |
| Land assessment | $426,300 |
| Building count | 2 |
| Acquired by 60 VPL LLC | April 28, 2009 for $195,000 |
| Prior owner | Hanlon Heyde Corporation |
> **Notes:** Connecticut towns assess at 70% of fair market appraisal. "Total
> appraisal" is the assessor's estimate of fair market value; "Total assessment"
> is what gets multiplied by the mill rate for tax purposes. The 2009 sale price
> of $195,000 was for raw land; the two buildings now on the parcel were
> constructed in 2011 and 2014, after Weir's LLC took ownership. Deed reference:
> Glastonbury Land Records Book 2647, Page 30. Source: Town of Glastonbury
> Vision Government Solutions assessor portal, accessed May 7, 2026.
The two buildings on the parcel are pre-engineered metal industrial buildings —
the standard format for warehouse and light-industrial flex space. Building
details from the assessor card:
| Building | Built | Floor area | Replacement cost | Use |
| ---------- | ----- | ---------- | ---------------- | ------------------ |
| Building 1 | 2014 | 6,000 sf | $316,140 | Industrial / Comm. |
| Building 2 | 2011 | 12,000 sf | $743,790 | Industrial / Comm. |
The combined 18,000 square feet of industrial flex space is currently or
recently leased to multiple commercial tenants, including a Brazilian jiu-jitsu
academy (Team Link Glastonbury), a fitness operator (The Apex), Connecticut
Sports and Fitness, and historically a dance studio, yoga, and virtual golf
operation. The parcel was listed for lease on LoopNet on November 21, 2024 and
again on November 18, 2025.
Public records and Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce member listings show
that American Integrity Restoration — Weir's restoration business — was itself
headquartered at 60 Village Place before being sold to BluSky in 2022. So when
AIR was sold, Weir kept the real estate; the LLC that owns the buildings now
leases the space to unrelated tenants.
This is the property Weir told voters he "currently spend[s] most of [his] time
on."
Part 3 — The Connecticut Apartment Association connection and the May 6, 2026
vote
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### Weir's CTAA role ✓ *Connecticut Apartment Association website and CT Mirror legislator profile* ###
The Connecticut Apartment Association (CTAA) is the trade association
representing apartment owners and operators in the state. CTAA's own website
lists Steve Weir as a "Business Partner Member." Weir is also identified by CT
Mirror, in its Connecticut Legislative Guide profile, as "the chair of the
Governor Relations Committee of the Connecticut Apartment Association." His own
"About" page describes him as a "board member of the Connecticut Apartment
Association."
CTAA's member directory page carries an unambiguous statement of membership
rules:
> "All memberships are company based and individuals cannot join CTAA."
That CTAA rule is consequential. It means Weir's CTAA membership implies a
company affiliation. CTAA's website does not publicly disclose which company
Weir's membership represents. The candidate options identified by this report
are 60 Village Place LLC, Primary Energy LLC, and Ice New England Enterprises
LLC.
### Strong reason to suspect a Hartford apartment connection ###
Weir has on multiple public occasions indicated direct work experience with
apartment buildings — not as an owner, in his framing, but as a service
provider. In the May 6, 2026 floor debate that killed SB 274, CT Mirror reports
him explaining his opposition to the bill by describing himself this way:
> "Weir, who has been a service provider to apartments, said there is frequent
> turnover of landowners, and the bill does not account for these situations."
Eighteen months earlier, on NBC Connecticut's *Face the Facts* program in
February 2025, Weir explained his opposition to a no-fault eviction restriction
with this account:
> "I've done work for a lot of landlords over the years whereby, basically the
> whole building, in order to do a major upgrade, whether it's HVAC or whatever
> it is, they're going to have to empty the building out."
A separate report from a 55th District resident, who asked not to be named,
indicates that protesters appeared at a public Holocaust Remembrance Evening
event to object to "Steve Weir's actions as a landlord" — the resident
understood, but could not document, that Weir owned or had owned apartments in
Hartford. This report has not been able to corroborate that account in public
records, and treats it only as a tip warranting further investigation. Hartford
land records, which are searchable by grantee LLC name, would be the place to
confirm or rule out apartment ownership tied to any of the entities listed in
Part 1.
The relevant point for voters is more modest and is fully documented: Weir has
positioned himself, repeatedly and on the record, as someone whose professional
experience is with the apartment-owner side of landlord-tenant transactions. The
CTAA board seat is part of that positioning. So is the framing of his floor
debate against SB 274.
### The May 6, 2026 vote on SB 274 ✓ *CT Mirror, May 6, 2026* ###
Senate Bill 274 — "An Act Concerning Repeat Violations of Building or Fire Code
at Residential Rental Property and Concerning Mandatory Registration of
Non-Resident Apartment Owners" — was the legislative response to the Concierge
Apartments crisis. The bill would have:
- Increased penalties for repeated building and fire code violations
- Required non-resident apartment owners to register identifying information
with the municipality where their properties are located
- Given towns the authority to fine landlords who failed to register
The bill passed the Senate on party lines, 24–10, and cleared the Planning and
Development Committee unanimously.
On the final day of the 2026 session, Wednesday, May 6, the bill was called for
House debate. According to CT Mirror, House Majority Leader Jason Rojas
announced that the bill was dead because Rep. Weir and other Republican
legislators threatened to extend debate until the end of the legislative night,
running the clock out before a vote could be called. Weir's quoted explanation:
> "They have had all session to get it in the room, and now I find out that
> there's been an unwillingness to compromise and kind of take it or leave it
> was what I heard, and that doesn't work for me."
State Senator Matt Lesser, D-Middletown, who had worked closely with Concierge
tenants in his district, told CT Mirror: "We need more tools to help towns
combat out-of-state irresponsible landlords who are many times owned by faceless
private equity firms… It's disappointing that we're not moving forward on
addressing this issue."
The bill did not get a recorded vote because Weir's clock-running tactic
prevented one. There is no roll-call to point to. But the legislative result —
no enhanced penalties for repeat building and fire code violators, no
non-resident landlord registration in Connecticut — is on the record, and CT
Mirror's reporting names Weir as the proximate cause.
### The broader pattern: housing and tenant-protection votes since 2023 ✓ *CT General Assembly roll-call data, 2023–2026 sessions* ###
The May 6, 2026 SB 274 action is the most consequential single moment in Weir's
housing record, but it is not isolated. A review of his complete CT House
roll-call record across the 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 sessions shows a
consistent pattern: when legislation expands tenant rights, expands landlord
accountability, or strengthens enforcement against landlords who violate housing
or fire codes, Weir generally votes no. When legislation is uncontroversial —
minor technical revisions, unanimous-vote bills, or items in the
landlord-favorable direction — he votes with the chamber.
Selected contested housing-related votes:
| Bill | Year | Subject | Weir | House total | R caucus |
| ------- | ---- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | ------------------ | --------- |
| SB-988 | 2023 | Right of mobile home park residents to buy park before outside-investor sale | N | 112–37 | 16–37 |
| SB-998 | 2023 | Tax abatement for conservation easements; housing affordability provisions | N | 76–70 | 1–52 |
| HB-5419 | 2024 | Authority of AG to act on alleged discriminatory housing practices | N | 117–28 | 24–28 |
| HB-5474 | 2024 | Municipal housing approvals; rent-increase notices; short-term rental rules | N | 99–51 | 3–50 |
| SB-1317 | 2025 | Liens for unpaid penalties on housing code violations | N | 125–22 | 27–22 |
| HB-7035 | 2025 | Prohibiting municipal bans on multifamily housing | mixed | see notes | see notes |
| SB 274 | 2026 | Non-resident landlord registration; fire/building code violation penalties | killed by clock | did not reach vote | — |
> **Notes:** "Weir" column shows his recorded vote (Y/N) on the primary
> substantive roll call; for SB 274 the bill never reached a recorded vote
> because of Weir's clock-running tactic. SB-1317 is particularly notable: a
> majority of the Republican caucus (27 yea versus 22 nay) voted in favor of the
> housing-code-lien bill, but Weir voted against it, putting him at odds with
> his own party majority on a tenant-side enforcement mechanism. HB-7035 had
> three separate roll calls covering different amendments to the
> multifamily-housing-development bill; Weir voted yes on Republican amendments
> and no on the underlying Democratic legislation, which is consistent with his
> broader pattern.
Three observations about this pattern:
First, the legislation Weir opposes most consistently is legislation that gives
towns or tenants tools to act against landlords. HB-5474 (rent- increase notices
and short-term rental rules) and SB 274 (non-resident landlord registration with
code-violation penalties) both fit this category. So does SB-988, which would
have let mobile home park residents buy their park rather than have it sold to
an outside investor.
Second, Weir's published positions emphasize "easing regulations" on housing,
but the votes show that the regulations he opposes are specifically
tenant-protective regulations. He votes for technical revisions to housing
statutes (HB-5155), insurance department recommendations (HB-5373), and bills to
clarify condominium deposit accounting (HB-7027). He votes against bills that
would create real consequences for landlords who don't maintain code-compliant
buildings.
Third, on bills where the entire chamber unanimously agrees — e.g., HB-5394
(2026), allowing municipalities to lien a landlord's property for relocation
assistance paid to displaced tenants — Weir votes yes. The pattern is not that
he opposes all housing legislation; it is that he opposes contested
tenant-protective legislation.
The voting record provides corroborating evidence for what Weir himself has said
in floor debate, on television, and in writing: that his framework on housing
legislation is the framework of someone whose professional and business
experience is on the apartment-owner side of the relationship.
Part 4 — Is this a violation of Connecticut ethics law?
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### The short answer: almost certainly not ###
A reasonable reader, after reading Parts 1 through 3, may ask whether
Connecticut law allows a legislator to vote on a bill regulating an industry in
which he holds business interests, sits on the trade association board, and
earns income as a "service provider." The answer, under Connecticut's
deliberately permissive citizen-legislature ethics framework, is yes. He may.
### The governing statute ✓ *CGS § 1-85, "Interest in conflict with discharge of duties"* ###
Connecticut General Statutes § 1-85 is the statute that defines when a
legislator has a "substantial conflict of interest" and is therefore prohibited
from taking official action. The statute has two parts. Read carefully, both
matter:
> "A public official, including an elected state official, or state employee has
> an interest which is in substantial conflict... if he has reason to believe or
> expect that he, his spouse, a dependent child, or a business with which he is
> associated will derive a direct monetary gain or suffer a direct monetary
> loss... by reason of his official activity."
That is the prohibition. Then comes the carve-out:
> "A public official, including an elected state official, or state employee
> does **not** have an interest which is in substantial conflict... if any
> benefit or detriment accrues to him, his spouse, a dependent child, or a
> business with which he... is associated as a member of a profession,
> occupation or group **to no greater extent than any other member** of such
> profession, occupation or group."
The carve-out is the load-bearing provision for citizen-legislators in
Connecticut. It says: if every other member of the same industry would gain or
lose to the same extent, there is no conflict, and the legislator may vote.
### Why SB 274 falls within the carve-out ###
SB 274 would have applied to all non-resident apartment owners and all landlords
subject to building and fire code violations. Whatever interest Weir has in
residential rental real estate or in providing services to apartments, every
other member of those same industries has a comparable interest. The bill did
not single out 60 Village Place LLC. It did not single out commercial industrial
landlords in Glastonbury. It did not single out heating oil providers or
restoration contractors. It was broad-brush industry regulation, and § 1-85's
carve-out exists to permit legislators in the affected industries to vote.
This is not a marginal interpretation. The Office of State Ethics regulation
implementing § 1-85 (Conn. Agencies Regs. § 1-81-28) gives explicit examples
that match Weir's situation — including legislators who serve as bank officers
voting on banking regulation, and legislators who hold real estate interests
voting on real estate legislation. The regulation is clear: only when the bill
specifically and uniquely benefits the legislator's interest more than others in
the same profession does a substantial conflict exist.
### What CT law would prohibit ###
To be concrete: Weir would have a substantial conflict, and would be prohibited
from voting, on a bill that:
- Granted a tax abatement specifically to industrial parcels of 5–6 acres in
Glastonbury (which would single out 60 Village Pl)
- Reduced the mill rate only for properties at 60 Village Place
- Granted a special permit or zoning variance to 60 Village Place LLC by name
- Awarded a state contract to one of his LLCs
- Affected only the specific apartment buildings he provides services to, in a
way that didn't affect other apartment service providers
He would not have a substantial conflict on:
- Any general housing or landlord-tenant bill, even one that would clearly
benefit landlords as a class
- Building and fire code legislation that applies industry-wide
- Tax policy affecting commercial real estate generally
- Any bill regulating heating oil providers as a class
- Any bill affecting the apartment industry broadly
SB 274 falls firmly in the second category. So does virtually every other
housing bill the General Assembly has considered in his tenure.
### What the law does require: disclosure ###
Connecticut legislators are required by CGS § 1-83 to file an annual Statement
of Financial Interests (SFI) with the Office of State Ethics by May 1 each year.
The SFI must list:
- All sources of income over $1,000 (including rental income)
- All "businesses with which the legislator is associated" — defined as any
business in which the legislator, spouse, or dependent child is a director,
officer, owner, partner, or holder of 5% or more of stock
- All real property held by the legislator, spouse, or dependent child in
Connecticut
If Weir's SFI properly lists 60 Village Place LLC, the active LLCs identified in
Part 1, and the real property at 880 and 888 Gilead Street, Hebron, then his
disclosure obligation is met. Failing to disclose any of these would itself be a
violation. Disclosure is the trigger that allows voters to evaluate conduct that
the substantive ethics law permits.
This report's compilation work — searching the Secretary of State's database,
the assessor records, and OpenCorporates — is in effect what voters and
journalists must do because the SFIs are not posted on a public web portal in
browseable form. They are public records under Connecticut FOIA, but accessing
them requires a records request to the Office of State Ethics.
### The political question vs. the legal question ###
The legal question — "is Weir breaking Connecticut ethics law?" — is almost
certainly answered no, because the law was deliberately written to permit
citizen-legislators to vote on industry matters in which they have professional
or business interests, provided those interests are shared by others in the same
profession.
The political question — "should voters in the 55th District think it is
appropriate for a legislator on the Connecticut Apartment Association board to
personally kill a bill increasing penalties for non-resident landlords with
repeated code violations?" — is for voters, not the ethics code, to answer. This
report's purpose is to give voters the public-records foundation they need to
answer it.
Summary table
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| Question | Answer |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Does Steve Weir own commercial real estate? | ✓ Yes. 60 Village Place LLC owns a 5.95-acre Glastonbury industrial parcel appraised at $1.69M. |
| Does he describe it as his primary work outside the legislature? | ✓ Yes. 2024 Glastonbury Patch questionnaire: "I currently spend most of my time on" the property. |
| Does he sit on the Connecticut Apartment Association board? | ✓ Yes. CTAA Business Partner Member; CT Mirror identifies him as Governor Relations Committee chair. |
| Does CTAA membership require a company affiliation? | ✓ Yes. CTAA's own rule: "All memberships are company based and individuals cannot join." |
| Has Weir confirmed he does work with apartment landlords? | ✓ Yes, repeatedly. Floor debate May 6, 2026; NBC *Face the Facts* February 2025. |
| Did he act to kill the non-resident landlord registration bill? | ✓ Yes. CT Mirror, May 6, 2026: clock-running threat killed SB 274 on the final day of the session. |
| Is the SB 274 vote isolated, or part of a pattern? | ✓ Pattern. Across 2023–2026 sessions, Weir consistently voted against contested tenant-protective housing bills. |
| Is killing that bill a violation of Connecticut ethics law? | Almost certainly no. CGS § 1-85 permits citizen-legislators to vote on industry-wide bills. |
| How many CT business entities is he associated with? | At least 8 entities tied to him personally; a 9th (Steve Weir LLC) is plausibly his. |
| Are there Hartford apartment buildings tied to his LLCs? | Unconfirmed in this report. A constituent tip exists but has not been corroborated. |
Key Observations
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**Weir told voters less than the full picture in 2024.** In his official "About"
page on the House Republican website, Weir describes himself as "Founder of
American Integrity Restoration (Now BluSky Restoration Contractors)" and lists
his community involvements — UConn Club, CT River Valley Chamber, Gilead
Congregational Church, the Connecticut Apartment Association — but does not
mention that he owns a commercial industrial property he leases to multiple
tenants. The 2024 Patch questionnaire, in which he did mention the property, was
the more complete disclosure. Voters reading only his own About page would not
learn he is a commercial landlord. They would also not learn that, in addition
to the commercial property, he runs Primary Energy LLC (home heating oil),
Gilead Hill Farm LLC (a working family farm), and Ice New England Enterprises
LLC (a used car dealership operated from his Hebron home, per his October 2025
annual report filing). None of these businesses is disclosed on the official
biography that voters in the 55th District see when they look him up.
**The Connecticut Apartment Association tie is structurally significant.** A
trade association exists to lobby for the interests of its members. By CTAA's
own rules, Weir's membership implies an affiliated company. He sits not just as
a member but as chair of the Governor Relations Committee — a role explicitly
about CTAA's legislative agenda. This creates a structural alignment between
Weir's outside business interests and his legislative agenda on housing matters,
regardless of which specific company underlies his CTAA membership.
**The May 6, 2026 floor action speaks louder than the press releases.** Weir's
published positions on housing emphasize "easing regulations" and respecting
"property owner rights." When a specific bill arrived on the floor that would
have made it harder for absentee landlords to hide behind shell companies after
building and fire code violations, the same legislator who has been "a service
provider to apartments" for decades was the one who killed it. The bill's author
was a Senate Democrat; its co-sponsors included Republicans on the Planning and
Development Committee, where it had passed unanimously.
**Disclosure law has not kept up with the case for transparency here.**
Connecticut requires legislators to file an annual Statement of Financial
Interests with the Office of State Ethics, naming associated businesses and real
property held. Those statements are public under FOIA. They are not, however,
posted on a public web portal in browseable form, which means voters who want to
see what their legislator owns have to file a records request and wait. Weir's
SFI filings should list 60 Village Place LLC and the other active entities;
obtaining those filings is a logical next step for any citizen seeking the
fullest picture.
What this report does not show
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This report does not document specific apartment buildings owned by Steve Weir
or any of his LLCs. The constituent tip about Hartford apartments could not be
corroborated in public records using the search methods available to this
report. A Hartford grantee-name search against the LLC names listed in Part 1
would either confirm or rule this out, and is recommended as a follow-up.
This report also does not document the dollar value of Weir's CTAA business
relationships, the rental income he derives from 60 Village Place LLC, or the
customer base of Primary Energy LLC. None of these figures are required to be
public under Connecticut law. Weir's Statement of Financial Interests, when
obtained, will list categories of income but not amounts.
This report does not allege illegal conduct. Owning rental real estate is legal.
Sitting on a trade association board is legal. Voting against landlord
regulation as a legislator who works in the apartment industry is not, by
itself, a violation of state ethics law — Connecticut's ethics code permits
legislators with private business interests to vote on legislation affecting
those industries, on the theory that the General Assembly is a citizen
legislature where members necessarily bring outside expertise. The argument of
this report is that voters in the 55th District should know what Weir's business
interests are when they evaluate his legislative record on housing and landlord-
tenant matters.
This report focuses only on Weir's business and real estate holdings relevant to
his housing-policy votes. It does not address his record on other policy areas.
A separate analysis of his floor voting record across all subjects is available
at andoverct.info.
Sources
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### Primary records ###
- Connecticut Secretary of State business filings, accessed via
[opencorporates.com](https://opencorporates.com) officer searches for "Stephen
J Weir," "Stephen Weir," "Steve Weir," and "Allegra Weir" in the Connecticut
jurisdiction, May 7, 2026.
- Town of Glastonbury Vision Government Solutions assessor record for 60 Village
Place ([gis.vgsi.com/glastonburyct](https://gis.vgsi.com/glastonburyct/)),
accessed May 7, 2026. Owner: 60 VILLAGE PLACE LLC; Parcel F4/7290/E0002; deed
Book 2647 Page 30; sale date April 28, 2009.
- Town of Hebron assessor records via
[propertyrecordcards.com](https://www.propertyrecordcards.com/SearchMaster.aspx?towncode=067),
accessed May 7, 2026. Confirms Stephen J & Allegra S Weir personally own the
18.29-acre parcel at 880 Gilead St (vacant) and the 11.64-acre parcel at 888
Gilead St (residence + 1 building).
- Connecticut General Assembly House roll-call records, 2023, 2024, 2025, and
2026 sessions. Compiled from the official roll-call PDFs published at
[cga.ct.gov](https://www.cga.ct.gov/) and indexed by bill number. 1,293 House
floor votes for Rep. Weir across the four sessions.
- Connecticut Secretary of the State, Annual Report for ICE NEW ENGLAND
ENTERPRISES, LLC, filing number 0012854627, filed October 14, 2025. Lists
Stephen J. Weir as manager and registered agent, NAICS code 441120 (Used Car
Dealers), principal office at 888 Gilead Street, Hebron.
### News reporting ###
- Ginny Monk, "House kills bill to hold non-resident landlords accountable," CT
Mirror, May 6, 2026.
[ctmirror.org/2026/05/06/house-kills-bill](https://ctmirror.org/2026/05/06/house-kills-bill-to-hold-non-resident-landlords-accountable/)
- Mike Hydeck, "Face the Facts: Need for more affordable housing continues," NBC
Connecticut, February 2025.
[nbcconnecticut.com/.../face-the-facts](https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/politics/face-the-facts/face-the-facts-need-for-more-affordable-housing/3505052/)
- Mike Hydeck, "Face the Facts: Rep. Steve Weir on proposal to limit rent
increases by out-of-state landlords," NBC Connecticut, January 26, 2026.
[nbcconnecticut.com/.../rep-steve-weir](https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/politics/face-the-facts/face-the-facts-rep-steve-weir-on-proposal-to-limit-rent-increases-by-out-of-state-landlords/3690987/)
- Jamil Ragland, "Housing Committee Passes Controversial 'Just Cause' Eviction
Bill," CT News Junkie, March 1, 2024.
[ctnewsjunkie.com/.../just-cause-eviction-bill](https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2024/03/01/housing-committee-passes-controversial-just-cause-eviction-bill/)
- Ginny Monk, "CT public hearing on eviction, zoning bills draws nearly 300
people," CT Mirror, February 18, 2025.
[ctmirror.org/2025/02/18/ct-eviction-zoning-public-hearing](https://ctmirror.org/2025/02/18/ct-eviction-zoning-public-hearing/)
### Weir's own statements ###
- 2024 Glastonbury Patch candidate questionnaire ("I currently spend most of my
time on my commercial real estate property"):
[patch.com/.../steve-weir-state-rep](https://patch.com/connecticut/glastonbury/2024-patch-candidate-profiles-steve-weir-state-rep)
- Official "About" page on House Republican site:
[cthousegop.com/weir/about](https://www.cthousegop.com/weir/about)
- Connecticut Apartment Association member listing:
[ctaahq.org/contacts/steve-weir](https://www.ctaahq.org/contacts/steve-weir)
- CT Mirror legislative profile:
[ctmirror.org/representative/steve-weir](https://ctmirror.org/representative/steve-weir/)
### Background ###
- Connecticut General Statutes § 1-83 (Statements of Financial Interests filing
requirement for legislators).
[law.justia.com/codes/connecticut/.../section-1-83](https://law.justia.com/codes/connecticut/title-1/chapter-10/section-1-83/)
- Connecticut General Statutes § 1-85 (Interest in conflict with discharge of
duties — substantial conflict of interest standard).
[law.justia.com/codes/connecticut/.../section-1-85](https://law.justia.com/codes/connecticut/title-1/chapter-10/section-1-85/)
- Conn. Agencies Regs. § 1-81-28 (Office of State Ethics regulation implementing
§ 1-85, with examples).
[law.cornell.edu/.../1-81-28](https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/connecticut/Regs-Conn-State-Agencies-SS-1-81-28)
- Connecticut State Legislators Guide to the Code of Ethics (Office of State
Ethics, rev. November 2021).
[portal.ct.gov/.../legislators-guide-to-the-code-of-ethics](https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/ethics/guides/currently-posted-guides/legislators-guide-to-the-code-of-ethics-rev-november-2021.pdf)
- Mark Pazniokas, "Voting in your employer's interest? No conflict in
Connecticut," CT Mirror, May 24, 2017.
[ctmirror.org/2017/05/24/voting-in-your-employers-interest](https://ctmirror.org/2017/05/24/voting-in-your-employers-interest-no-conflict-in-connecticut/)
- Connecticut Office of State Ethics:
[portal.ct.gov/ethics](https://portal.ct.gov/Ethics/)
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