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OLR Bill Analysis
sSB 1367
AN ACT PROHIBITING A BAIL BONDSMAN OR AGENT FROM
APPREHENDING A PRINCIPAL ON A BOND ON THE PREMISES,
GROUNDS OR CAMPUS OF ANY HEALTH CARE FACILITY,
SCHOOL, INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION OR HOUSE OF
WORSHIP.
SUMMARY
This bill prohibits professional bail bondsmen or surety bail bond or
bail enforcement agents from taking or trying to take the principal on a
bond into custody on the premises, grounds, or campus of any:
1. state-operated or Department of Public Health (DPH)-licensed
health care facility or institution, or office of a DPH-licensed
health care provider;
2. school or higher education institution; or
3. house of worship.
Existing law, unchanged by the bill, requires these individuals, before
taking the person into custody, to notify the applicable law enforcement
where the person is believed to be.
The bill also expands the scope of the law requiring the court to
vacate an order forfeiting a bond and release the professional
bondsman, surety bail bond agent, and insurer so it applies when the
principal on the bond is receiving in-patient care at a state-operated or -
licensed health care facility and the court ordered the forfeiture while
the principal was receiving this care. Currently, a court may generally
only do this when the principal is detained or incarcerated outside of
Connecticut, there is proof of the detention or incarceration, and the
prosecutor declines to extradite.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2025 2025SB-01367-R000774-BA.DOCX
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BACKGROUND
Bondsmen and Agents
A professional bondsman is in the business of providing bail in five
or more criminal cases in a year, whether for compensation or free (CGS
§ 29-144). He or she puts up personal assets as bond security. A bail
enforcement agent is engaged in the business of taking or attempting to
take into custody people on bond who fail to appear in court and for
whom a rearrest warrant or a capias was issued (CGS § 29-152e). The
Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection licenses these
individuals.
A surety bail bond agent is approved by the insurance commissioner
and appointed by an insurer by power of attorney to execute or
countersign bail bonds for the insurer in connection with judicial
proceedings (CGS § 38a-660).
COMMITTEE ACTION
Judiciary Committee
Joint Favorable Substitute
Yea 28 Nay 11 (04/10/2025)