CT SB00883

Mandates fingerprinting of juveniles arrested for certain serious crimes and lowers the age for transferring juveniles to adult criminal court for class A or B felony murder, violent sexual assault, or violent firearm crimes

Requires high school guidance counselors to discuss trade school benefits, implements a summer jobs program for high school students, and expands police explorer programs in high schools

Expands workforce development initiatives including the apprenticeship tax credit, scholarship eligibility for accredited private occupational schools, and the Pipeline for Connecticut's Future program

Restores qualified immunity for law enforcement, permits stop stick use without prior authorization, allows consent-based vehicle searches with articulable suspicion, and removes "undermining public confidence" as grounds for police decertification

Establishes grants for housing authority quality-of-life programs, creates a task force to study the federal Housing Choice Voucher Program, and ends hidden ownership of rental properties