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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 1367
January Session, 2025
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 29-152k of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 2
(a) Prior to taking or attempting to take into custody the principal on 3
a bond, a professional bondsman licensed under chapter 533, a surety 4
bail bond agent licensed under chapter 700f or a bail enforcement agent 5
licensed under sections 29-152f to 29-152i, inclusive, shall notify the 6
police department or resident state trooper for, or state police troop 7
having jurisdiction over, the municipality in which the principal is 8
believed to be located of such bondsman's or agent's intentions. 9
(b) No such professional bondsman, surety bail bond agent or bail 10
enforcement agent shall take or attempt to take into custody a principal 11
on a bond on the premises, grounds or campus of any (1) health care 12
facility or institution licensed under chapter 368v or operated by the 13
state, or office of a health care provider licensed by the Department of 14
Public Health, (2) public or private school or institution of higher 15
education, or (3) house of worship. 16 Substitute Bill No. 1367
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Sec. 2. Section 54-65c of the general statutes is repealed and the 17
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 18
A court shall vacate an order forfeiting a bail bond and release the 19
professional bondsman, as defined in section 29-144, or the surety bail 20
bond agent and the insurer, as both terms are defined in section 38a-660, 21
if (1) (A) the principal on the bail bond [(A)] (i) is detained or 22
incarcerated [(i)] (I) in another state, territory or country, or [(ii)] (II) by 23
a federal agency, or [(B)] (ii) has been removed by United States 24
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and [(2)] (B) the professional 25
bondsman, the surety bail bond agent or the insurer provides 26
satisfactory proof of such detention, incarceration or removal to the 27
court and the state's attorney prosecuting the case, and [(3)] (C) the 28
state's attorney prosecuting the case declines to seek extradition of the 29
principal, or (2) the principal on the bail bond is receiving in-patient care 30
in a facility described in subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 29-31
152k, as amended by this act, and during such period of in-patient care, 32
the court ordered the forfeiture of such bond. 33
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2025 29-152k
Sec. 2 October 1, 2025 54-65c
JUD Joint Favorable Subst.