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OLR Bill Analysis
sSB 1493 (File 388, as amended by Senate "A")*
AN ACT CONCERNING THE UNIFORM INVESTIGATION OF
ACCIDENT REPORT AND CERTAIN REPORTS BY PEACE
OFFICERS.
SUMMARY
This bill requires a peace officer to prepare a report describing the
situation when a person has an emergency medical condition or is
medically unstable while in the officer’s direct audio or visual contact
or under his or her custody or control. It also requires the officer to give
the person who experienced the medical condition a copy of the report
if he or she requests it.
The bill also requires the Department of Transportation
commissioner to study any changes needed to conform existing law’s
uniform investigation of accident report to the federal Model Minimum
Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC). By July 1, 2026, the commissioner
must submit a report of the study’s results and any related legislative
recommendations to the Public Safety and Security and Transportation
committees. (The MMUCC is a voluntary guideline developed by the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that represents a
minimum, standardized set of data variables to describe motor vehicle
accidents.)
*Senate Amendment “A” makes a technical change.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2025, except the DOT report provision
is effective upon passage.
BACKGROUND
Peace Officers
By law, the following individuals are designated peace officers: state
and local police, Division of Criminal Justice inspectors, state marshals
exercising statutory powers, judicial marshals performing their duties, 2025SB-01493-R01-BA.DOCX
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conservation or special conservation officers, constables who perform
criminal law enforcement duties, appointed special police officers, adult
probation officers, Department of Correction officials authorized to
make arrests in a correctional institution or facility, investigators in the
State Treasurer’s Office, certified Department of Motor Vehicles
inspectors, U.S. marshals and deputy marshals, U.S. special agents
authorized to enforce federal food and drug laws, and certified police
officers of a law enforcement unit created and governed under a state-
tribal memorandum (CGS § 53a-3(9)).
COMMITTEE ACTION
Public Safety and Security Committee
Joint Favorable
Yea 18 Nay 11 (03/18/2025)