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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5176
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 291
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. HOWARD, 43rd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING A POLICE OFFICER'S ABILITY TO REQUEST
CONSENT TO SEARCH A MOTOR VEHICLE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That section 54-33o of the general statutes be amended to restore a 1
police officer's ability to request consent to search a motor vehicle when 2
the officer has a reasonable and articulable suspicion that weapons, 3
contraband or other evidence of a crime is contained within the vehicle. 4
Statement of Purpose:
To allow police officers the ability to request consent to search a motor
vehicle in order to take illegal weapons and drugs off the street, as well
as assist in collecting evidence of a crime.