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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6656
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 2268
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
REP. QUINN, 82nd Dist.
AN ACT ALLOWING POLICE OFFICERS TO REQUEST CONSENT TO
SEARCH A MOTOR VEHICLE DURING A TRAFFIC STOP.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That title 54 of the general statutes be amended to allow a police 1
officer to request consent to search a motor vehicle during a traffic stop. 2
Statement of Purpose:
To reinstate consent searches as a valuable tool so that police officers can
better perform their jobs.