CT SB01327

Sentencing courts may reduce sentences, discharge defendants, or order probation at any time during incarceration after a hearing showing good cause, removing the previous requirement for prosecutor agreement on sentences over seven years from plea agreements.

Courts may now modify sentences below mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment, eliminating the prior prohibition on reducing mandatory minimum portions of sentences.

Waiting periods between sentence modification applications reduced from five years to two years after denial or full grant, and from three years to two years after partial grant.

Courts must schedule hearings or reject applications on technical grounds within 90 days of receipt, render decisions within 30 days of hearing, and provide written decisions with reasoning to defendants within 45 days.

Effective October 1, 2025, amending Connecticut General Statutes Section 53a-39.