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CT SB00759

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/17/2025

Primary Sponsor

Stephen Harding

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Origin

Senate

2025 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires POST Council to revise police motor vehicle pursuit policy to restore officer discretion when public safety need is articulated, and reinstates motor vehicle consent searches

  • Allows transfer of serious repeat juvenile offenders to adult Superior Court criminal docket and mandates fingerprinting for juveniles charged with violent, sexual, or firearm-related offenses (prints erased at age 18)

  • Establishes mandatory 24/7 GPS monitoring for defendants with bail set at $500,000 or more, and creates a gun trafficking task force

  • Repeals use-of-force restrictions from the 2020 police accountability bill, reinstates qualified immunity for law enforcement, and revises the TRUST Act to allow police cooperation with ICE

  • Expands the list of offenses requiring 85% of sentence served before parole eligibility, restores misdemeanor sentences to maximum of 365 days, and creates truancy clinics within each probate court region

Legislative Description

An Act Concerning Public Safety, The Prosecution Of Criminals And The Protection Of Victims.

Last Action

Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary

1/17/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/17/2025

Full Bill Text

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