CT HB05341

Adds criminal violation of a standing criminal protective order under section 53a-223a to the list of crimes that can designate a person as a persistent offender, effective October 1, 2014

Allows courts to impose enhanced sentences (next more serious degree of felony or misdemeanor) when a person is convicted of assault, stalking, trespass, threatening, harassment, or protective order violations and has prior convictions for enumerated violent or serious crimes

Removes requirement that prior conviction must have resulted in release from incarceration to qualify as a persistent offender

Authorizes courts to issue standing criminal protective orders lasting indefinitely (or until modified/revoked) for convictions involving family or household members, with violations punishable by 1-5 years imprisonment and/or fines up to $5,000

Defines "standing criminal protective order" to include both standing criminal restraining orders issued before October 1, 2010, and standing criminal protective orders issued on or after that date