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2021 Regular Session

House Bill 6594

AN ACT CONCERNING THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS.

Became law as Public Act 21-102, signed June 30, 2021, 118 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) permit the state to depose persons seventy-five years of age and older in criminal matters; (2) change "patronizing a prostitute" to "soliciting sexual acts"; (3) transfer the requirement for a state's attorney to investigate a town clerk/treasurer to the Office of the Attorney General; (4) transfer bond forfeiture duties from the Division of Criminal Justice to the Office of the Attorney General; (5) require state prosecutors to notify the Office of Attorney General when the defendant in a state court action is a public official or state or municipal employee charged with a crime related to their office for purposes of pension revocation; (6) bring the definition of "vendor fraud" in line with its federal criminal counterpart; (7) clarify and provide a more appropriate penalty for the wilful and unauthorized distribution of intimate images of an individual; (8) increase the penalty for severe internet stalking or cyber harassment; (9) provide a ten-year look back in the sentencing of certain persistent offenders, including those charged with possession of a controlled substance; (10) clarify that application and program fees required by statute for certain pretrial diversionary programs are waived for persons represented by a public defender appointed or a determination of indigency by the court; (11) provide that community service cannot be required in lieu of any fees for indigent persons; (12) eliminate the disparity between possession of a narcotic drug and the storage of such; (13) reduce the penalties when a person charged with an infraction or violation fails to respond or pay a fine; (14) allow for pre-sentence confinement credit on all concurrent sentences regardless of the day the sentences are imposed, while ensuring that consecutive sentences are not credited twice; (15) enact recommendations by the Connecticut Sentencing Commission concerning the enhanced penalty for the sale or possession of drugs near schools, day care centers and public housing projects; and (16) enact recommendations by the Connecticut Sentencing Commission regarding sentence modification.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

4 co-sponsors

Geraldo C. Reyes Jr., Anthony L. Nolan, Emmett D. Riley, Steven J. Stafstrom

Its course

March 4 to June 30, 2021, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action27 actions on 15 days

In the House of RepresentativesMar 4 to May 1875 days

Judiciary CommitteeMar 4 to Apr 532 days

Appropriations CommitteeMay 4 to May 106 days

In the SenateMay 18 to Jun 821 days

Waiting to be sentJun 8 to Jun 1810 days

With the GovernorJun 18 to Jun 3012 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted May 18 · Adopted Jun 8

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Mar 4 – May 18

  1. Mar 4Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
  2. Mar 5Heard in Judiciary Committee
  3. Apr 5Judiciary Committee recommended a substitute for it
  4. May 4Sent to Appropriations Committee
  5. May 10Appropriations Committee recommended it
  6. May 18The House of Representatives adopted House of Representatives Amendment A
  7. Passed the House of Representatives with House of Representatives Amendment A

In the Senate May 20 – Jun 8

  1. May 20Arrived in the Senate
  2. Jun 8The Senate adopted House of Representatives Amendment A
  3. Passed the Senate with House of Representatives Amendment A

To the Governor Jun 16 – Jun 30

  1. Jun 16Numbered Public Act 21-102
  2. Jun 18Sent to the Secretary of the State
  3. Sent to the Governor
  4. Jun 30Signed by the Governor
All 27 actions, as published
  1. Mar 4REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  2. Mar 5PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
  3. Apr 5Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
  4. Apr 6FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  5. Apr 16REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
  6. Apr 22RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  7. Apr 22FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
  8. Apr 22HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
  9. Apr 22FILE NO.Both houses
  10. May 4REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ONHouse of Representatives
  11. May 10Joint FavorableBoth houses
  12. May 11FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  13. May 11RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  14. May 11NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
  15. May 11TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
  16. May 18HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
  17. May 18HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
  18. May 20FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
  19. May 20SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
  20. May 20FILE NO.Both houses
  21. Jun 8SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH.Senate
  22. Jun 8SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH.Senate
  23. Jun 8IN CONCURRENCESenate
  24. Jun 16PUBLIC ACTBoth houses
  25. Jun 18TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATEBoth houses
  26. Jun 18TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNORGovernor
  27. Jun 30SIGNED BY GOVERNORGovernor