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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6669
January Session, 2021
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)
AN ACT CONCERNING JU VENILES AND MOTOR VE HICLE THEFT,
INVESTIGATIONS OF CERTAIN PENDING JUVENILE MAT TERS AND
REPORTING OF REQUEST S TO DETAIN ARRESTED JUVENILES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2021) (a) For purposes of this 1
section, "criminal act" means criminal act, as defined in section 53a-224 2
of the general statutes. 3
(b) A person is guilty of enticing a juvenile to commit a criminal act 4
if such person knowingly causes, encourages, solicits, recruits, 5
intimidates or coerces a person under eighteen years of age to commit 6
or participate in the commission of a criminal act. 7
(c) Enticing a juvenile to commit a criminal act is a class D felony. 8
Sec. 2. Subsection (k) of section 46b-133 of the general statutes is 9
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 10
1, 2021): 11
(k) For purposes of subsections (c) and (e) of this section, a child may 12
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be determined to pose a risk to public safety if such child (1) has 13
previously been adjudicated as delinquent for or convicted of or pled 14
guilty or nolo contendere to two or more felony offenses, (2) has had 15
two or more prior dispositions of probation and is charged with 16
commission of a larceny under subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of 17
section 53a-122 or subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 53a-123 or 18
subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 53a-124, or (3) is charged with 19
the commission of a violent offense, including any offense committed 20
with or involving the use of a deadly weapon, as defined in section 53a-21
3, or a violation of section 53a-136a. 22
Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2021) The court shall order any 23
child, as defined in section 46b-120 of the general statutes, who is 24
released into the custody of his or her parent or guardian after being 25
charged with a delinquency offense involving a motor vehicle, as 26
defined in section 46b-133j of the general statutes, for which such child 27
is not yet adjudicated as delinquent, who during the pendency of such 28
case, is charged with a subsequent delinquency offense involving a 29
motor vehicle to be electronically monitored by using a global 30
positioning system device until each such case is disposed of. 31
Sec. 4. Section 46b-6 of the general statutes is repealed and the 32
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2021): 33
In any pending family relations matter or juvenile matter under 34
chapter 815t in which the juvenile has previously been adjudicated as 35
delinquent for or convicted of or pled guilty or nolo contendere to a 36
felony offense and is charged with (1) commission of a larceny under 37
subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 53a-122, subdivision (1) of 38
subsection (a) of section 53a-123 or subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of 39
section 53a-124, (2) stealing a firearm under section 53a-212, or (3) the 40
commission of a violent offense, including any offense committed with 41
or involving the use of a deadly weapon, as defined in section 53a-3, or 42
a violation of section 53a-136a, the court or any judge may cause an 43
investigation to be made with respect to any circumstance of the matter 44
which may be helpful or material or relevant to a proper disposition of 45
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the case. Such investigation may include an examination of the 46
parentage and surroundings of any child, his age, habits and history, 47
inquiry into the home conditions, habits and character of his parents or 48
guardians and evaluation of his mental or physical condition. In any 49
action for dissolution of marriage, legal separation or annulment of 50
marriage such investigation may include an examination into the age, 51
habits and history of the parties, the causes of marital discord and the 52
financial ability of the parties to furnish support to either spouse or any 53
dependent child. 54
Sec. 5. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) The Judicial Branch shall 55
compile data concerning requests by an arresting police officer of a child 56
to detain such child pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (c) of 57
section 46b-133 of the general statutes. The Judicial Branch shall sort 58
such data by judicial district and categorize such data based on (1) how 59
many such requests were made, (2) how many such requests were 60
denied, and (3) the reasons for denying any such request. Any such data 61
shall be anonymized. 62
(b) Not later than January 15, 2022, and January fifteenth annually 63
thereafter, the Judicial Branch shall, in accordance with the provisions 64
of section 11-4a of the general statutes, report such sorted and 65
categorized data from the previous calendar year to the joint standing 66
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 67
relating to the judiciary. 68
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 2 October 1, 2021 46b-133(k)
Sec. 3 October 1, 2021 New section
Sec. 4 October 1, 2021 46b-6
Sec. 5 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To (1) establish the crime of enticing a juvenile to commit a criminal act,
(2) employ other new strategies to discourage juvenile motor vehicle
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theft, (3) allow for investigations of certain juvenile matters, and (4)
require reporting concerning requests to the court to detain a child made
by an arresting police officer.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]