Bill Summary: HB 5432

• Removes electronic defense weapons from the list of prohibited weapons in vehicles under Connecticut General Statutes section 29-38(a), effective upon passage.

• Removes electronic defense weapons from the list of weapons prohibited to carry on one's person under section 53-206(a), effective upon passage.

• Removes electronic defense weapons from criminal possession statutes under section 53a-217, allowing individuals to possess these devices without criminal liability (with exceptions for those with felony convictions, restraining orders, psychiatric hospitalizations, and other specified disqualifying conditions).

• Makes criminal possession of an electronic defense weapon a Class C felony for prohibited individuals, with mandatory minimum sentences of two years and fines of $5,000.