CT HB05554

Establishes a "good cause" requirement for habeas corpus trials, requiring petitions and exhibits to allege specific facts and provide factual basis for evidence existence before proceeding to trial.

Creates a rebuttable presumption that habeas corpus petitions challenging convictions are delayed without good cause if filed more than 5 years after final judgment, with exceptions for new constitutional rights recognized after conviction.

For subsequent petitions challenging the same conviction, creates a rebuttable presumption of delay without good cause if filed more than 2 years after the prior petition's final judgment.

Exempts claims of actual innocence, challenges to conditions of confinement, and capital felony cases with death sentences from the good cause and delay presumption requirements.

Requires appellants to petition within 10 days for judicial certification that a question in the habeas corpus decision warrants appellate review before an appeal may be taken.