CT HB05611

The Department of Correction must deliver information about incarcerated persons to the Secretary of State by May 1st of each decennial census year, including unique identifiers, facility addresses, pre-incarceration addresses, age, and race/ethnicity data, while maintaining confidentiality by excluding names.

The Office of Legislative Research shall adjust census population data so incarcerated persons are counted at their last known residential address rather than at the correctional facility location, or as a state-level unit if their prior address is unknown or outside Connecticut.

Adjusted population data must be published within 30 days of the U.S. Census Bureau releasing redistricting data and shall serve as the basis for determining state assembly and senatorial districts and municipal voting districts.

The Department of Correction must maintain electronic records of each person's last-known residential or other address prior to incarceration for all persons committed on or after January 1, 2020.

The act takes effect July 1, 2019 and applies to federal facilities incarcerating persons convicted of criminal offenses in Connecticut.