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7		-	General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 122
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	8	+	General Assembly Committee Bill No. 122
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	13	+	Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
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	16	+	Introduced by:
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14	21		AN ACT ESTABLISHING A UNIT WITHIN THE DIVISION OF STATE
15	22		POLICE TO INVESTIGATE HATE CRIMES AND CRIMINAL ACT S
16	23		COMMITTED BY EXTREMI ST GROUPS.
17	24		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
18	25		Assembly convened:
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20	27		Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 29-4 of the general statutes is 1
21	28		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2
22	29		2021): 3
23	30		(d) The commissioner shall establish such divisions as the 4
24	31		commissioner deems necessary for effective operation of the state police 5
25	32		force and consistent with budgetary allotments, a Criminal Intelligence 6
26	33		Division, a Hate Crimes and Extremist Group Investigative Unit and a 7
27	34		state-wide organized crime investigative task force to be engaged 8
28	35		throughout the state for the purpose of preventing and detecting any 9
29	36		violation of the criminal law. The head of the Criminal Intelligence 10
30		-	Division shall be of the rank of sergeant or above. The head of the Hate 11
31		-	Crimes and Extremist Group Investigative Unit shall be the rank of 12
32		-	sergeant or above and shall serve, or appoint a designee to serve, as a 13
33		-	liaison to the State-Wide Hate Crimes Advisory Council, established 14
34		-	under section 51-279f. The head of the state-wide organized crime 15
35		-	investigative task force shall be a police officer. 16
36		-	Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) For the purposes of this 17 Substitute Bill No. 122
	37	+	Division shall be of the rank of sergeant or above. The head of the state-11
	38	+	wide organized crime investigative task force shall be a police officer. 12
	39	+	Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) The Commissioner of Emergency 13
	40	+	Services and Public Protection shall assign to the Hate Crimes and 14
	41	+	Extremist Group Investigative Unit, established pursuant to subsection 15
	42	+	Committee Bill No. 122
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43		-	section, (1) "extremist" means an individual encouraging, condoning, 18
44		-	justifying or supporting the commission or attempted commission of a 19
45		-	violent crime, or a crime that is intended to cause physical harm to 20
46		-	another person or property damage, to achieve a political, ideological, 21
47		-	religious, social or economic goal, (2) "extremist group" means a group 22
48		-	of extremists associated in fact but not a legal entity, and (3) "law 23
49		-	enforcement unit" has the same meaning as provided in section 7-294a 24
50		-	of the general statutes. 25
51		-	(b) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection 26
52		-	shall assign to the Hate Crimes and Extremist Group Investigative Unit, 27
53		-	established under subsection (d) of section 29-4 of the general statutes, 28
54		-	as amended by this act, such personnel as may be required to fulfill the 29
55		-	duties of this section. The unit shall: 30
56		-	(1) Prevent, investigate, detect and assist any law enforcement unit 31
57		-	with the investigation of (A) any alleged crime that is a violation of 32
58		-	section 53a-181j, 53a-181k or 53a-181l of the general statutes, (B) any 33
59		-	other alleged crime that may be motivated by bigotry or bias as a result 34
60		-	of the actual or perceived race, religion, ethnicity, disability, sex, sexual 35
61		-	orientation or gender identity or expression of another person, and (C) 36
62		-	any criminal activity or suspected criminal activity by an extremist or 37
63		-	extremist group; and 38
64		-	(2) Compile, maintain and analyze data regarding (A) crimes that are 39
65		-	violations of section 53a-181j, 53a-181k or 53a-181l of the general 40
66		-	statutes, (B) any other crime that may be motivated by bigotry or bias as 41
67		-	a result of the actual or perceived race, religion, ethnicity, disability, sex, 42
68		-	sexual orientation or gender identity or expression of another person, 43
69		-	and (C) any criminal activity by an extremist or extremist group. 44
	47	+	(d) of section 29-4 of the general statutes, as amended by this act, such 16
	48	+	personnel as may be required to: 17
	49	+	(1) Prevent, investigate and detect (A) any activity that may 18
	50	+	constitute a crime that is a violation of section 53a-181j, 53a-181k or 53a-19
	51	+	181l of the general statutes, or any other crime that may be motivated by 20
	52	+	bigotry or bias, and (B) any criminal activity by an extremist group; 21
	53	+	(2) Analyze data and issue reports on (A) crimes that are violations 22
	54	+	of section 53a-181j, 53a-181k or 53a-181l of the general statutes, reported 23
	55	+	to the unit pursuant to section 29-7m of the general statutes, as amended 24
	56	+	by this act, (B) any other crimes that may be motivated by bigotry or 25
	57	+	bias, and (C) any criminal activity by extremist groups; and 26
	58	+	(3) Assist any law enforcement unit, as defined in section 7-294a of 27
	59	+	the general statutes, with the investigation of (A) any alleged crime that 28
	60	+	is a violation of section 53a-181j, 53a-181k or 53a-181l of the general 29
	61	+	statutes, or any other crime that may be motivated by bigotry or bias, 30
	62	+	and (B) any criminal activity by an extremist group. 31
	63	+	Sec. 3. Section 29-7m of the general statutes is repealed and the 32
	64	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 33
	65	+	(a) [On and after July 1, 1988, the] The Hate Crimes and Extremist 34
	66	+	Group Investigative Unit of the Division of State Police within the 35
	67	+	Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall monitor, 36
	68	+	record and classify all crimes committed in the state which are 37
	69	+	motivated by bigotry or bias. 38
	70	+	(b) The police department, resident state trooper or constable who 39
	71	+	performs law enforcement duties for each town shall monitor, record 40
	72	+	and classify all crimes committed within such town which are violations 41
	73	+	of section 53a-181j, 53a-181k or 53a-181l and report such information to 42
	74	+	the [Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency 43
	75	+	Services and Public Protection] unit. 44
70	76		(c) Not later than October 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the unit 45
71		-	shall publish a report on the department's Internet web site regarding 46
72		-	the data compiled pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subdivision 47
73		-	(2) of subsection (b) of this section. 48 Substitute Bill No. 122
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80		-	Sec. 3. Section 29-7m of the general statutes is repealed and the 49
81		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 50
82		-	(a) [On and after July 1, 1988, the] The Hate Crimes and Extremist 51
83		-	Group Investigative Unit of the Division of State Police within the 52
84		-	Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall monitor, 53
85		-	record and classify all crimes committed in the state which are 54
86		-	motivated by bigotry or bias. 55
87		-	[(b) The police department, resident state trooper or constable who 56
88		-	performs law enforcement duties for each town shall monitor, record 57
89		-	and classify all crimes committed within such town which are violations 58
90		-	of section 53a-181j, 53a-181k or 53a-181l and report such information to 59
91		-	the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency 60
92		-	Services and Public Protection.] 61
93		-	(b) Any law enforcement unit, as defined in section 7-294a, shall submit 62
94		-	a report to the Hate Crimes and Extremist Group Investigative Unit, not 63
95		-	later than fourteen days after receiving notification, information or a 64
96		-	complaint of (1) any alleged crime that is a violation of section 53a-181j, 65
97		-	53a-181k or 53a-181l, (2) any other alleged crime that may be motivated 66
98		-	by bigotry or bias as a result of the actual or perceived race, religion, 67
99		-	ethnicity, disability, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity or 68
100		-	expression of another person, and (3) any suspected criminal activity by 69
101		-	an extremist or extremist group, as such terms are defined in subsection 70
102		-	(a) of section 2 of this act. 71
103		-	(c) Not later than January 1, 2022, and biannually thereafter, the 72
104		-	Police Officer Standards and Training Council, in consultation with the 73
105		-	Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, shall (1) 74
106		-	develop and promulgate a standardized form to be used by a law 75
107		-	enforcement unit to submit a report pursuant to subsection (b) of this 76
108		-	section, (2) develop best practices to facilitate the sharing of information 77
109		-	among and between the Hate Crimes and Extremist Group Investigative 78
110		-	Unit and law enforcements units, and (3) take such actions, as the 79
111		-	council and commissioner deem appropriate, to inform the public of its 80 Substitute Bill No. 122
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118		-	right to report any alleged crime or suspected criminal activity as 81
119		-	described in subdivisions (1) to (3), inclusive, of subsection (b) of this 82
120		-	section and how to make such reports.83
	82	+	shall publish a report on the department's Internet web site of (1) the 46
	83	+	information compiled under subsections (a) and (b) of this section, and 47
	84	+	(2) data and reports on the unit's activities under section 2 of this act. 48
121	85		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
122	86		sections:
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124	88		Section 1 July 1, 2021 29-4(d)
125	89		Sec. 2 July 1, 2021 New section
126	90		Sec. 3 July 1, 2021 29-7m
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128		-	Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
129		-	In Section 2(b), "fulfill the duties of this section. The unit shall" was
130		-	added for clarity.
	92	+	Statement of Purpose:
	93	+	To establish a unit within the State Police to investigate hate crimes and
	94	+	criminal acts committed by extremist groups.
	95	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	96	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	97	+	underlined.]
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132		-	~~PS Joint Favorable Subst~~.
	99	+	Co-Sponsors: SEN. ANWAR, 3rd Dist.
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	101	+	S.B. 122