Connecticut license and registration renewals

Every LicenseLedger guide for Connecticut on one page: what each one covers and, where its guide gives them, when it expires or renews and the continuing education it asks for. Open a guide for its fees and how to renew.

• Connecticut Electrical License Renewal

  Last reviewed October 2026

  Connecticut's Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) licenses electrical contractors and journeypersons, with the Electrical Work Examining Board. Every electrical license expires each year on September 30. Renewing costs $150 for a contractor and $120 for a journeyperson, and takes 4 hours of continuing education a year, finished by June 30, three months before the renewal deadline. An expired license can be reinstated for up to three years; after that you reapply and retest.

  Renews every

  Year. All electrical licenses expire annually on September 30

  Continuing education

  4 credit hours per year, completed by June 30: three months before the September 30 renewal deadline

• Connecticut Plumbing License Renewal

  Last reviewed November 2026

  Every Connecticut plumbing and pipefitting license from the Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) expires each year on October 31, and renewing online costs $150 for a contractor and $120 for a journeyperson. Missed October 31? An expired license can be reinstated if the reinstatement form and fees are submitted to DCP no later than three years after it expired. File online at elicense.ct.gov or on DCP's paper form, with your required CE finished first. If you didn't work under the license in Connecticut while it was expired, the fee is the same $150 or $120; if you did, it's $165 or $132 for each year you worked, up to three years. After three years you reapply and retest. Continuing education runs in two-year windows that end July 31, three months before the renewal deadline: contractors finish theirs in even-numbered years, journeypersons in odd-numbered years.

  Renews every

  Year. All plumbing and pipefitting licenses expire annually on October 31

  CE hours

  5 credit hours every two years for limited contractors and unlimited journeypersons, and 3 for limited journeypersons. P-6, P-7, PP-1 and PP-2 holders have no CE to take: no courses are offered for them at this time

• Connecticut HVAC License Renewal

  Last reviewed October 2026

  Connecticut's Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) licenses heating, piping and cooling contractors and journeypersons, including S-1 and S-2 unlimited licenses and limited licenses such as D, B and G. Every heating, cooling and sheet metal work license expires each year on August 31, and renewing costs $150 for a contractor and $120 for a journeyperson. An expired license can be reinstated for up to three years; after that you reapply and retest.

  Renews every

  Year. All heating, cooling and sheet metal work licenses expire annually on August 31

  Continuing education

  DCP's continuing education list names electrical and plumbing licenses but no heating and cooling licenses, and the reinstatement forms for these trades ask for no CE. Confirm with DCP if you are unsure

• Connecticut Home Improvement Contractor Registration Renewal

  Last reviewed October 2026

  Connecticut's Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) registers home improvement contractors under the Home Improvement Act. Every registration expires on March 31 each year, and renewing costs $220, paid online only: DCP no longer takes paper renewals or checks. You need general liability insurance of at least $20,000 and enter your insurer's name and policy number in the renewal. An expired registration may be reinstated if the reinstatement form and fees are submitted within three years of its expiration date, and offering or doing home improvement work without a current registration is a crime under the Act.

  Renews every

  Year. All registrations expire annually on March 31. Next: March 31, 2027

  Continuing education

  None: DCP's home improvement renewal page lists no continuing education requirement

• Connecticut New Home Construction Contractor Registration Renewal

  Last reviewed October 2026

  Anyone who contracts with a consumer to build or sell a new home in Connecticut, speculative housing included, needs a New Home Construction Contractor registration from the Department of Consumer Protection (DCP). Registrations run to March 31 every year, whenever they were issued, and renewal happens only online, so have your eLicense login or Fast Track PIN ready. Keep at least $20,000 of general liability coverage in force, since the renewal asks for the policy. Building officials can't issue you a permit without a copy of your valid certificate of registration.

  Renews every

  Year. All registrations expire annually on March 31 (the date moved from September 30 under Public Act 21-197). Next: March 31, 2027

  Continuing education

  DCP's new home construction pages list no continuing education requirement