Connecticut 2023 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06878 Compare Versions

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5	5	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6878
6	6	January Session, 2023
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10	10	Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
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13	13	Introduced by:
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19	19	AN ACT CONCERNING APPEALS REGARDING GOVERNMENTAL
20	20	IMMUNITY OF POLICE OFFICERS, USE OF FORCE BY A PEACE
21	21	OFFICER, SEARCHES OF MOTOR VEHICLES, PURSUIT OF A
22	22	SUSPECT POLICIES AND VERIFICATION OF RESIDENCE
23	23	ADDRESSES OF PERSONS ON THE SEX OFFENSE REGISTRY.
24	24	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
25	25	Assembly convened:
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27	27	Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 52-571k of the general statutes is 1
28	28	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 2
29	29	1, 2023): 3
30	30	(d) (1) In any civil action brought under this section, governmental 4
31	31	immunity shall only be a defense to a claim for damages when, at the 5
32	32	time of the conduct complained of, the police officer had an objectively 6
33	33	good faith belief that such officer's conduct did not violate the law. 7
34	34	[There shall be no] A party may make an interlocutory appeal of a trial 8
35	35	court's denial of the application of the defense of governmental 9
36	36	immunity. Governmental immunity shall not be a defense in a civil 10
37	37	action brought solely for equitable relief. 11
38	38	(2) In any civil action brought under this section, the trier of fact may 12 Raised Bill No. 6878
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44	44	draw an adverse inference from a police officer's deliberate failure, in 13
45	45	violation of section 29-6d, to record any event that is relevant to such 14
46	46	action. 15
47	47	Sec. 2. Section 53a-22 of the general statutes is repealed and the 16
48	48	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 17
49	49	(a) (1) For purposes of this section, a reasonable belief that a person 18
50	50	has committed an offense means a reasonable belief in facts or 19
51	51	circumstances which if true would in law constitute an offense. If the 20
52	52	believed facts or circumstances would not in law constitute an offense, 21
53	53	an erroneous though not unreasonable belief that the law is otherwise 22
54	54	does not render justifiable the use of physical force to make an arrest or 23
55	55	to prevent an escape from custody. For purposes of this section, the 24
56	56	reasonableness of a use of force shall be evaluated from the perspective 25
57	57	of a reasonable officer in the same situation, based on the totality of the 26
58	58	circumstances known to or perceived by the officer at the time, rather 27
59	59	than with the benefit of hindsight, and that the totality of the 28
60	60	circumstances shall account for occasions when officers may be forced 29
61	61	to make quick judgments about using force. 30
62	62	(2) A peace officer or an authorized official of the Department of 31
63	63	Correction or the Board of Pardons and Paroles who is effecting an 32
64	64	arrest pursuant to a warrant or preventing an escape from custody is 33
65	65	justified in using the physical force prescribed in subsections (b), (c) and 34
66	66	(d) of this section unless such warrant is invalid and is known by such 35
67	67	officer to be invalid. 36
68	68	(b) Except as provided in subsection (a) or (d) of this section, a peace 37
69	69	officer or an authorized official of the Department of Correction or the 38
70	70	Board of Pardons and Paroles is justified in using physical force upon 39
71	71	another person when and to the extent that he or she reasonably believes 40
72	72	such use to be necessary to: (1) Effect an arrest or prevent the escape 41
73	73	from custody of a person whom he or she reasonably believes to have 42
74	74	committed an offense, unless he or she knows that the arrest or custody 43
75	75	is unauthorized; or (2) defend himself or herself or a third person from 44 Raised Bill No. 6878
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81	81	the use or imminent use of physical force while effecting or attempting 45
82	82	to effect an arrest or while preventing or attempting to prevent an 46
83	83	escape. 47
84	84	(c) [(1)] Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, a peace 48
85	85	officer or an authorized official of the Department of Correction or the 49
86	86	Board of Pardons and Paroles is justified in using deadly physical force 50
87	87	upon another person for the purposes specified in subsection (b) of this 51
88	88	section [only when his or her actions are objectively reasonable] when 52
89	89	and to the extent that he or she believes such use to be necessary under 53
90	90	the given circumstances at that time, [and] as follows: 54
91	91	[(A) He or she reasonably believes such use to be necessary to] (1) To 55
92	92	defend himself or herself or a third person from the use or imminent use 56
93	93	of deadly physical force; or 57
94	94	[(B) He] (2) When he or she [(i)] (A) has reasonably determined that 58
95	95	there are no available reasonable alternatives to the use of deadly 59
96	96	physical force, [(ii)] (B) reasonably believes that the force employed 60
97	97	creates no unreasonable risk of injury to a third party, and [(iii)] (C) 61
98	98	reasonably believes such use of force to be necessary to [(I)] (i) effect an 62
99	99	arrest of a person whom he or she reasonably believes has committed or 63
100	100	attempted to commit a felony which involved the infliction of serious 64
101	101	physical injury, and if, where feasible, he or she has given warning of 65
102	102	his or her intent to use deadly physical force, or [(II)] (ii) prevent the 66
103	103	escape from custody of a person whom he or she reasonably believes 67
104	104	has committed a felony which involved the infliction of serious physical 68
105	105	injury and who poses a significant threat of death or serious physical 69
106	106	injury to others, and if, where feasible, he or she has given warning of 70
107	107	his or her intent to use deadly physical force. 71
108	108	[(2) For purposes of evaluating whether actions of a peace officer or 72
109	109	an authorized official of the Department of Correction or the Board of 73
110	110	Pardons and Paroles are reasonable under subdivision (1) of this 74
111	111	subsection, factors to be considered include, but are not limited to, 75
112	112	whether (A) the person upon whom deadly physical force was used 76 Raised Bill No. 6878
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118	118	possessed or appeared to possess a deadly weapon, (B) the peace officer 77
119	119	or an authorized official of the Department of Correction or the Board 78
120	120	of Pardons and Paroles engaged in reasonable deescalation measures 79
121	121	prior to using deadly physical force, and (C) any unreasonable conduct 80
122	122	of the peace officer or an authorized official of the Department of 81
123	123	Correction or the Board of Pardons and Paroles led to an increased risk 82
124	124	of an occurrence of the situation that precipitated the use of such force.] 83
125	125	(d) A peace officer or an authorized official of the Department of 84
126	126	Correction or the Board of Pardons and Paroles is justified in using a 85
127	127	chokehold or other method of restraint applied to the neck area or that 86
128	128	otherwise impedes the ability to breathe or restricts blood circulation to 87
129	129	the brain of another person for the purposes specified in subsection (b) 88
130	130	of this section only when he or she reasonably believes such use to be 89
131	131	necessary to defend himself or herself from the use or imminent use of 90
132	132	deadly physical force. 91
133	133	(e) Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section, a person who 92
134	134	has been directed by a peace officer or an authorized official of the 93
135	135	Department of Correction or the Board of Pardons and Paroles to assist 94
136	136	such peace officer or official to effect an arrest or to prevent an escape 95
137	137	from custody is justified in using reasonable physical force when and to 96
138	138	the extent that he or she reasonably believes such to be necessary to 97
139	139	carry out such peace officer's or official's direction. 98
140	140	(f) A person who has been directed to assist a peace officer or an 99
141	141	authorized official of the Department of Correction or the Board of 100
142	142	Pardons and Paroles under circumstances specified in subsection (e) of 101
143	143	this section may use deadly physical force to effect an arrest or to 102
144	144	prevent an escape from custody only when: (1) He or she reasonably 103
145	145	believes such use to be necessary to defend himself or herself or a third 104
146	146	person from what he or she reasonably believes to be the use or 105
147	147	imminent use of deadly physical force; or (2) he or she is directed or 106
148	148	authorized by such peace officer or official to use deadly physical force, 107
149	149	unless he or she knows that the peace officer or official himself or herself 108
150	150	is not authorized to use deadly physical force under the circumstances. 109 Raised Bill No. 6878
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156	156	(g) A private person acting on his or her own account is justified in 110
157	157	using reasonable physical force upon another person when and to the 111
158	158	extent that he or she reasonably believes such use to be necessary to 112
159	159	effect an arrest or to prevent the escape from custody of an arrested 113
160	160	person whom he or she reasonably believes to have committed an 114
161	161	offense and who in fact has committed such offense; but he or she is not 115
162	162	justified in using deadly physical force in such circumstances, except in 116
163	163	defense of person as prescribed in section 53a-19. 117
164	164	(h) In determining whether use of force by a peace officer who is a 118
165	165	police officer, as defined in subsection (a) of section 29-6d, is justified 119
166	166	pursuant to this section, the trier of fact may draw an unfavorable 120
167	167	inference from a police officer's deliberate failure in violation of section 121
168	168	29-6d to record such use of physical force. 122
169	169	Sec. 3. Section 54-33o of the general statutes is repealed and the 123
170	170	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 124
171	171	(a) (1) No law enforcement official may ask an operator of a motor 125
172	172	vehicle to conduct a search of a motor vehicle or the contents of the 126
173	173	motor vehicle that is stopped by a law enforcement official solely for a 127
174	174	motor vehicle violation, except as provided in subdivision (2) of this 128
175	175	subsection. 129
176	176	(2) Any search by a law enforcement official of a motor vehicle or the 130
177	177	contents of the motor vehicle that is stopped by a law enforcement 131
178	178	official solely for a motor vehicle violation shall be (A) based on 132
179	179	probable cause, (B) solicited consent by the operator of the vehicle if the 133
180	180	official has reasonable and articulable suspicion that weapons, 134
181	181	contraband or other evidence of a crime is contained within the motor 135
182	182	vehicle, provided such official complies with the provisions provided in 136
183	183	subdivision (3) of this subsection, or [(B)] (C) after having received the 137
184	184	unsolicited consent to such search from the operator of the motor 138
185	185	vehicle in written form or recorded by body-worn recording equipment 139
186	186	or a dashboard camera, each as defined in section 29-6d. 140
187	187	(3) Any law enforcement official who solicits consent of an operator 141 Raised Bill No. 6878
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193	193	of a motor vehicle to search such vehicle shall, whether or not the 142
194	194	consent is granted, complete a police report documenting the reasonable 143
195	195	and articulable suspicion for the solicitation of consent, or the facts and 144
196	196	circumstances that support the search being reasonably necessary to 145
197	197	further an ongoing law enforcement investigation. Such report shall be 146
198	198	completed not later than forty-eight hours after such solicitation of 147
199	199	consent. 148
200	200	(b) No law enforcement official may ask an operator of a motor 149
201	201	vehicle to provide any documentation or identification other than an 150
202	202	operator's license, motor vehicle registration, insurance identity card or 151
203	203	other documentation or identification directly related to the stop, when 152
204	204	the motor vehicle has been stopped solely for a motor vehicle violation, 153
205	205	unless there exists probable cause to believe that a felony or 154
206	206	misdemeanor offense has been committed or the operator has failed to 155
207	207	produce a valid operator's license. 156
208	208	Sec. 4. Section 14-283a of the general statutes is repealed and the 157
209	209	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 158
210	210	(a) As used in this section, "police officer" and "law enforcement unit" 159
211	211	have the same meanings as provided in section 7-294a, and "pursuit" 160
212	212	means an attempt by a police officer in an authorized emergency vehicle 161
213	213	to apprehend any occupant of another moving motor vehicle, when the 162
214	214	driver of the fleeing motor vehicle is attempting to avoid apprehension 163
215	215	by maintaining or increasing the speed of such vehicle or by ignoring 164
216	216	the police officer's attempt to stop such vehicle. 165
217	217	(b) (1) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public 166
218	218	Protection, in conjunction with the Chief State's Attorney, the Police 167
219	219	Officer Standards and Training Council, the Connecticut Police Chiefs 168
220	220	Association and the Connecticut Coalition of Police and Correctional 169
221	221	Officers, shall adopt, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, a 170
222	222	uniform, state-wide policy for handling pursuits by police officers. Such 171
223	223	policy shall specify: (A) The conditions under which a police officer may 172
224	224	engage in a pursuit and discontinue a pursuit, including, but not limited 173 Raised Bill No. 6878
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230	230	to, a pursuit of a person suspected of larceny of a motor vehicle or 174
231	231	catalytic converter or trafficking in persons, (B) alternative measures to 175
232	232	be employed by any such police officer in order to apprehend any 176
233	233	occupant of the fleeing motor vehicle or to impede the movement of 177
234	234	such motor vehicle, (C) the coordination and responsibility, including 178
235	235	control over the pursuit, of supervisory personnel and the police officer 179
236	236	engaged in such pursuit, (D) in the case of a pursuit that may proceed 180
237	237	and continue into another municipality, (i) the requirement to notify 181
238	238	and the procedures to be used to notify the police department in such 182
239	239	other municipality or, if there is no organized police department in such 183
240	240	other municipality, the officers responsible for law enforcement in such 184
241	241	other municipality, that there is a pursuit in progress, and (ii) the 185
242	242	coordination and responsibility of supervisory personnel in each such 186
243	243	municipality and the police officer engaged in such pursuit, (E) the type 187
244	244	and amount of training in pursuits, that each police officer shall 188
245	245	undergo, which may include training in vehicle simulators, if vehicle 189
246	246	simulator training is determined to be necessary, and (F) that a police 190
247	247	officer immediately notify supervisory personnel or the officer in charge 191
248	248	after the police officer begins a pursuit. The chief of police or 192
249	249	Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, as the case 193
250	250	may be, shall inform each officer within such chief's or said 194
251	251	commissioner's department and each officer responsible for law 195
252	252	enforcement in a municipality in which there is no such department of 196
253	253	the existence of the policy of pursuit to be employed by any such officer 197
254	254	and shall take whatever measures that are necessary to assure that each 198
255	255	such officer understands the pursuit policy established. 199
256	256	(2) Not later than January 1, [2021] 2024, and at least once during each 200
257	257	five-year period thereafter, the Commissioner of Emergency Services 201
258	258	and Public Protection, in conjunction with the Chief State's Attorney, the 202
259	259	Police Officer Standards and Training Council, the Connecticut Police 203
260	260	Chiefs Association and the Connecticut Coalition of Police and 204
261	261	Correctional Officers, shall adopt regulations in accordance with the 205
262	262	provisions of chapter 54, to update such policy adopted pursuant to 206
263	263	subdivision (1) of this subsection. 207 Raised Bill No. 6878
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269	269	(c) No police officer engaged in a pursuit shall discharge any firearm 208
270	270	into or at a fleeing motor vehicle, unless such officer has a reasonable 209
271	271	belief that there is an imminent threat of death to such officer or another 210
272	272	person posed by the fleeing motor vehicle or an occupant of such motor 211
273	273	vehicle. 212
274	274	(d) No police officer shall intentionally position his or her body in 213
275	275	front of a fleeing motor vehicle, unless such action is a tactic approved 214
276	276	by the law enforcement unit that employs such police officer. 215
277	277	(e) If a pursuit enters the jurisdiction of a law enforcement unit other 216
278	278	than that of the unit which initiated the pursuit, the law enforcement 217
279	279	unit that initiated the pursuit shall immediately notify the law 218
280	280	enforcement unit that has jurisdiction over such area of such pursuit. 219
281	281	(f) (1) Not later than December 1, 2018, the Police Officer Standards 220
282	282	and Training Council, established under section 7-294b, shall develop 221
283	283	and promulgate a standardized form for (A) reporting pursuits by 222
284	284	police officers pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection, and (B) 223
285	285	submitting annual reports pursuant to subdivision (3) of this subsection. 224
286	286	(2) On and after January 1, 2019, the chief of police or the 225
287	287	Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, as the case 226
288	288	may be, shall require each police officer who engages in a pursuit to 227
289	289	report such pursuit on the standardized form developed and 228
290	290	promulgated under subdivision (1) of this subsection. 229
291	291	(3) Not later than January 31, 2020, and annually thereafter, each chief 230
292	292	of police and the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public 231
293	293	Protection shall submit an annual report to the Police Officer Standards 232
294	294	and Training Council regarding pursuits by police officers on the 233
295	295	standardized form developed and promulgated under subdivision (1) 234
296	296	of this subsection. 235
297	297	(4) Not later than April 30, 2020, and annually thereafter, the Police 236
298	298	Officer Standards and Training Council shall compile, analyze and 237
299	299	summarize the annual reports and submit, in accordance with section 238 Raised Bill No. 6878
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305	305	11-4a, a consolidated report regarding police pursuits and any 239
306	306	recommendations for legislation to the joint standing committee of the 240
307	307	General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety 241
308	308	and security. The council may partner with an institution of higher 242
309	309	education in this state or a professional police organization to prepare 243
310	310	or to assist in the preparation of the consolidated report. 244
311	311	Sec. 5. Section 54-257 of the general statutes is repealed and the 245
312	312	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 246
313	313	(a) The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection 247
314	314	shall, not later than January 1, 1999, establish and maintain a registry of 248
315	315	all persons required to register under sections 54-251, 54-252, 54-253 and 249
316	316	54-254. The department shall, in cooperation with the Office of the Chief 250
317	317	Court Administrator, the Department of Correction and the Psychiatric 251
318	318	Security Review Board, develop appropriate forms for use by agencies 252
319	319	and individuals to report registration information, including changes of 253
320	320	residence address. Upon receipt of registration information, the 254
321	321	department shall enter the information into the registry and notify the 255
322	322	local police department or state police troop having jurisdiction where 256
323	323	the registrant resides or plans to reside. If a registrant notifies the 257
324	324	Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection that such 258
325	325	registrant is employed at, carries on a vocation at or is a student at a 259
326	326	trade or professional institution or institution of higher learning in this 260
327	327	state, the department shall notify the law enforcement agency with 261
328	328	jurisdiction over such institution. If a registrant reports a residence in 262
329	329	another state, the department shall notify the state police agency of that 263
330	330	state or such other agency in that state that maintains registry 264
331	331	information, if known. The department shall also transmit all 265
332	332	registration information, conviction data, photographic images and 266
333	333	fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in such form as said 267
334	334	bureau shall require for inclusion in a national registry. 268
335	335	(b) The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection 269
336	336	may suspend the registration of any person registered under section 54-270
337	337	251, 54-252, 54-253 or 54-254 while such person is incarcerated, under 271 Raised Bill No. 6878
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343	343	civil commitment or residing outside this state. During the period that 272
344	344	such registration is under suspension, the department is not required to 273
345	345	verify the residence address of the registrant pursuant to subsection (c) 274
346	346	of this section and may withdraw the registration information from 275
347	347	public access. Upon the release of the registrant from incarceration or 276
348	348	civil commitment or resumption of residency in this state by the 277
349	349	registrant, the department shall reinstate the registration, redistribute 278
350	350	the registration information in accordance with subsection (a) of this 279
351	351	section and resume verifying the residence address of the registrant in 280
352	352	accordance with subsection (c) of this section. Suspension of registration 281
353	353	shall not affect the date of expiration of the registration obligation of the 282
354	354	registrant under section 54-251, 54-252 or 54-253. 283
355	355	(c) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the 284
356	356	Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall verify 285
357	357	the residence address of each registrant by mailing a nonforwardable 286
358	358	verification form to the registrant at the registrant's last reported 287
359	359	residence address. Such form shall require the registrant to sign a 288
360	360	statement that the registrant continues to reside at the registrant's last 289
361	361	reported residence address and return the form by mail by a date which 290
362	362	is ten days after the date such form was mailed to the registrant. The 291
363	363	form shall contain a statement that failure to return the form or 292
364	364	providing false information is a violation of section 54-251, 54-252, 54-293
365	365	253 or 54-254, as the case may be. In the case of a registrant who resides 294
366	366	(1) in a town in which mail delivery is effectuated by one or more post 295
367	367	offices located in one or more different towns, or (2) at a residence 296
368	368	address for which there is no residential mail delivery, the local police 297
369	369	department or the state police troop having jurisdiction where the 298
370	370	registrant resides shall verify in person such registrant's residence 299
371	371	address. Each person required to register under section 54-251, 54-252, 300
372	372	54-253 or 54-254 shall have such person's residence address verified in 301
373	373	such manner every ninety days after such person's initial registration 302
374	374	date. In the event that a registrant fails to return the residence address 303
375	375	verification form, the Department of Emergency Services and Public 304
376	376	Protection shall notify the local police department or the state police 305 Raised Bill No. 6878
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382	382	troop having jurisdiction over the registrant's last reported residence 306
383	383	address, and that agency shall apply for a warrant to be issued for the 307
384	384	registrant's arrest under section 54-251, 54-252, 54-253 or 54-254, as the 308
385	385	case may be. The Department of Emergency Services and Public 309
386	386	Protection shall not verify the address of registrants whose last reported 310
387	387	residence address was outside this state. 311
388	388	(d) The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection 312
389	389	shall include in the registry the most recent photographic image of each 313
390	390	registrant taken by the department, the Department of Correction, a law 314
391	391	enforcement agency or the Court Support Services Division of the 315
392	392	Judicial Department and shall retake the photographic image of each 316
393	393	registrant at least once every five years. 317
394	394	(e) Whenever the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public 318
395	395	Protection receives notice from a superior court pursuant to section 52-319
396	396	11 or a probate court pursuant to section 45a-99 that such court has 320
397	397	ordered the change of name of a person, and the department determines 321
398	398	that such person is listed in the registry, the department shall revise such 322
399	399	person's registration information accordingly. 323
400	400	(f) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection 324
401	401	shall develop a protocol for the notification of other state agencies, the 325
402	402	Judicial Department and local police departments whenever a person 326
403	403	listed in the registry changes such person's name and notifies the 327
404	404	commissioner of the new name pursuant to section 54-251, 54-252, 54-328
405	405	253 or 54-254 or whenever the commissioner determines pursuant to 329
406	406	subsection (e) of this section that a person listed in the registry has 330
407	407	changed such person's name. 331
408	408	Sec. 6. Subsection (a) of section 54-258 of the general statutes is 332
409	409	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 333
410	410	1, 2023): 334
411	411	(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, 335
412	412	except subdivisions (3), (4) and (5) of this subsection, the registry 336
413	413	maintained by the Department of Emergency Services and Public 337 Raised Bill No. 6878
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419	419	Protection shall be a public record and shall be accessible to the public 338
420	420	during normal business hours. The Department of Emergency Services 339
421	421	and Public Protection shall make registry information available to the 340
422	422	public through the Internet. Not less than once per calendar quarter, the 341
423	423	Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall issue 342
424	424	notices to all print and electronic media in the state regarding the 343
425	425	availability and means of accessing the registry. Each local police 344
426	426	department and each state police troop shall keep a record of all 345
427	427	registration information transmitted to it by the Department of 346
428	428	Emergency Services and Public Protection, and shall make such 347
429	429	information accessible to the public during normal business hours. 348
430	430	(2) (A) Any state agency, the Judicial Department, any state police 349
431	431	troop or any local police department may, at its discretion, notify any 350
432	432	government agency, private organization or individual of registration 351
433	433	information when such agency, said department, such troop or such 352
434	434	local police department, as the case may be, believes such notification is 353
435	435	necessary to protect the public or any individual in any jurisdiction from 354
436	436	any person who is subject to registration under section 54-251, 54-252, 355
437	437	54-253 or 54-254. 356
438	438	(B) (i) Whenever a registrant is released into the community, or 357
439	439	whenever a registrant changes such registrant's residence address and 358
440	440	notifies the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection of 359
441	441	such change pursuant to section 54-251, 54-252, 54-253 or 54-254, the 360
442	442	Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall, by 361
443	443	electronic mail, notify the superintendent of schools for the school 362
444	444	district in which the registrant resides, or plans to reside, of such release 363
445	445	or new residence address, and provide such superintendent with the 364
446	446	same registry information for such registrant that the department makes 365
447	447	available to the public through the Internet under subdivision (1) of this 366
448	448	subsection. 367
449	449	(ii) Whenever a registrant is released into the community, or 368
450	450	whenever a registrant changes such registrant's residence address and 369
451	451	notifies the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection of 370 Raised Bill No. 6878
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457	457	such change pursuant to section 54-251, 54-252, 54-253 or 54-254, the 371
458	458	Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall, by 372
459	459	electronic mail, notify the chief executive officer of the municipality in 373
460	460	which the registrant resides, or plans to reside, of such release or new 374
461	461	residence address, and provide such chief executive officer with the 375
462	462	same registry information for such registrant that the department makes 376
463	463	available to the public through the Internet under subdivision (1) of this 377
464	464	subsection. 378
465	465	(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions (1) and (2) of this 379
466	466	subsection, state agencies, the Judicial Department, state police troops 380
467	467	and local police departments shall not disclose the identity of any victim 381
468	468	of a crime committed by a registrant or treatment information provided 382
469	469	to the registry pursuant to sections 54-102g and 54-250 to 54-258a, 383
470	470	inclusive, except to government agencies for bona fide law enforcement 384
471	471	or security purposes. 385
472	472	(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions (1) and (2) of this 386
473	473	subsection, registration information the dissemination of which has 387
474	474	been restricted by court order pursuant to section 54-255 and which is 388
475	475	not otherwise subject to disclosure, shall not be a public record and shall 389
476	476	be released only for law enforcement purposes until such restriction is 390
477	477	removed by the court pursuant to said section. 391
478	478	(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions (1) and (2) of this 392
479	479	subsection, a registrant's electronic mail address, instant message 393
480	480	address or other similar Internet communication identifier shall not be 394
481	481	a public record, except that the Department of Emergency Services and 395
482	482	Public Protection may release such identifier for law enforcement or 396
483	483	security purposes in accordance with regulations adopted by the 397
484	484	department. The department shall adopt regulations in accordance with 398
485	485	chapter 54 to specify the circumstances under which and the persons to 399
486	486	whom such identifiers may be released including, but not limited to, 400
487	487	providers of electronic communication service or remote computing 401
488	488	service, as those terms are defined in section 54-260b, and operators of 402
489	489	Internet web sites, and the procedure therefor. 403 Raised Bill No. 6878
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495	495	(6) When any registrant completes the registrant's term of registration 404
496	496	or is otherwise released from the obligation to register under section 54-405
497	497	251, 54-252, 54-253 or 54-254, the Department of Emergency Services and 406
498	498	Public Protection shall notify any state police troop or local police 407
499	499	department having jurisdiction over the registrant's last reported 408
500	500	residence address that the person is no longer a registrant, and the 409
501	501	Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, state police 410
502	502	troop and local police department shall remove the registrant's name 411
503	503	and information from the registry. 412
504	504	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
505	505	sections:
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507	507	Section 1 October 1, 2023 52-571k(d)
508	508	Sec. 2 October 1, 2023 53a-22
509	509	Sec. 3 October 1, 2023 54-33o
510	510	Sec. 4 from passage 14-283a
511	511	Sec. 5 October 1, 2023 54-257
512	512	Sec. 6 October 1, 2023 54-258(a)
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514	514	Statement of Purpose:
515	515	To (1) allow a police officer to make an interlocutory appeal of a trial
516	516	court's denial of an application of the defense of governmental
517	517	immunity, (2) employ a reasonable officer standard for determinations
518	518	of whether use of force is justified, (3) restore a police officer's ability to
519	519	request consent to search a motor vehicle under certain circumstances,
520	520	(4) cause a revision of the model police pursuit policy to include
521	521	provisions concerning pursuit of a person suspected of larceny of a
522	522	motor vehicle or a catalytic converter or trafficking in persons, and (5)
523	523	ensure that a person registered on the sex offense registry has registered
524	524	his or her actual residence address.
525	525	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
526	526	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
527	527	underlined.]
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