Connecticut 2024 Regular Session Status: In Committee 5 R cosponsors

SB 445 — AN ACT CONCERNING A JOBS PROGRAM FOR YOUTH IMPACTED BY THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM, REVIEW OF PROBATION VIOLATIONS AND STATE-WIDE EXPANSION OF TRUANCY CLINICS.

Last action — FILE NO. 434

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This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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General Assembly Raised Bill No.
Senate General Assembly File No.
445 February Session, 2024 LCO No.
434 February Session, 2024 Substitute Senate Bill No.
3051 Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY Introduced by:
445 Senate, April 11, 2024 The Committee on Judiciary reportedthrough SEN.
(JUD) AN ACT CONCERNING A JOBS PROGRAM FOR YOUTH IMPACTED BY THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM, A REVIEW OF PROBATION VIOLATIONS, STATE-WIDE EXPANSION OF TRUANCY CLINICS AND PERMITTING PEACE OFFICERS TO STOP A MOTOR VEHICLE SOLELY BECAUSE THE DRIVER OR A PASSENGER IS USING CANNABIS.
WINFIELD of the 10th Dist., Chairperson of the Committee on the part of the Senate, that the substitute bill ought to pass.
AN ACT CONCERNING A JOBS PROGRAM FOR YOUTH IMPACTED BY THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM, REVIEW OF PROBATION VIOLATIONS AND STATE-WIDE EXPANSION OF TRUANCY CLINICS.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2025, the executive director of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, on the review conducted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and LCO No.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2025, the executive director of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, on the review conducted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and any resulting recommendations for legislation to the joint standing sSB445 / File No.
3051 1 of 6 Raised Bill No.445 any resulting recommendations for legislation to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary.
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434 committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary.
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(b) [If the Probate Court Administrator establishes truancy clinics] sSB445 / File No.
3051 2 of 6 Raised Bill No.445 (b) [If the Probate Court Administrator establishes truancy clinics] Upon establishment of each truancy clinic pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the principal of any elementary, [or] middle school or high school located in a town [designated as an alliance district] served by such clinic, or the principal's designee, may refer to a truancy clinic a parent or guardian with a child enrolled in such school who is a truant, as defined in section 10-198a, or at risk of becoming a truant.
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434 Upon establishment of each truancy clinic pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the principal of any elementary, [or] middle school or high school located in a town [designated as an alliance district] served by such clinic, or the principal's designee, may refer to a truancy clinic a parent or guardian with a child enrolled in such school who is a truant, as defined in section 10-198a, or at risk of becoming a truant.
(f) Not later than September 1, [2015] 2025, and annually thereafter, LCO No.
(f) Not later than September 1, [2015] 2025, and annually thereafter, each administrative judge of a Regional Children's Probate Court [that serves a town designated as an alliance district in which a truancy clinic sSB445 / File No.
3051 3 of 6 Raised Bill No.445 each administrative judge of a Regional Children's Probate Court [that serves a town designated as an alliance district in which a truancy clinic has been established] and each probate judge [that serves a town designated as an alliance district in which a truancy clinic has been established] who administers a truancy clinic shall file a report with the Probate Court Administrator assessing the effectiveness of each truancy clinic in such administrative judge's or such probate judge's respective court.
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434 has been established] and each probate judge [that serves a town designated as an alliance district in which a truancy clinic has been established] who administers a truancy clinic shall file a report with the Probate Court Administrator assessing the effectiveness of each truancy clinic in such administrative judge's or such probate judge's respective court.
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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Section 53a-213a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2024):
(a) A person is guilty of smoking, otherwise inhaling or ingesting cannabis, as defined in section 21a-420, while operating a motor vehicle when he or she smokes, otherwise inhales or ingests cannabis, as defined in section 21a-420, while operating a motor vehicle upon a public highway of this state or upon any road of any specially chartered municipal association or of any district organized under the provisions of chapter 105, a purpose of which is the construction and maintenance of roads and sidewalks, or in any parking area for ten cars or more, or upon any private road on which a speed limit has been established in accordance with the provisions of section 14-218a or upon any school property.
No person shall be convicted of smoking or otherwise inhaling or ingesting cannabis while operating a motor vehicle and possessing or having under such person's control a controlled substance upon the same transaction.
A person may be charged and prosecuted for either or each such offense, a violation of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of any drug and any other applicable offense upon the same information.
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445 (b) Smoking, otherwise inhaling or ingesting cannabis while operating a motor vehicle is a class C misdemeanor.
[(c) No peace officer shall stop a motor vehicle for a violation of this section if such violation is the sole reason for such stop.] Sec.
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Section 53a-213b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2024):
(a) A person is guilty of smoking or otherwise inhaling or ingesting cannabis, as defined in section 21a-420, in a motor vehicle when he or she smokes or otherwise inhales or ingests cannabis in a motor vehicle that is being operated by another person upon a public highway of this state or upon any road of any specially chartered municipal association or of any district organized under the provisions of chapter 105, a purpose of which is the construction and maintenance of roads and sidewalks, or in any parking area for ten cars or more, or upon any private road on which a speed limit has been established in accordance with the provisions of section 14-218a or upon any school property.
No person shall be convicted of smoking or otherwise inhaling or ingesting cannabis as a passenger in a motor vehicle and possessing or having under such person's control a controlled substance upon the same transaction, but such person may be charged and prosecuted for both offenses upon the same information.
(b) Smoking or otherwise inhaling or ingesting cannabis in a motor vehicle is a class D misdemeanor.
[(c) No peace officer shall stop a motor vehicle for a violation of this section if such violation is the sole reason for such stop.] This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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3 July 1, 2024 45a-8c JUD Joint Favorable Subst.
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434 The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose.
5 October 1, 2024 53a-213b Statement of Purpose:
In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge.
To establish a jobs program for youth impacted by the juvenile justice system, require a review of and report concerning probation violations, require and fund a state-wide expansion of the truancy clinic program and permit a peace officer to stop a motor vehicle solely because the driver or a passenger is using cannabis.
Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets.
OFA Fiscal Note State Impact:
Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.] LCO No.
Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 25 $ FY 26 $ Probate Court PCAF - Cost approximately approximately million 40 million Note:
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PCAF=Probate Court Administration Fund Municipal Impact:
None Explanation The bill, which requires the Probate Court Administration (PCA) to establish truancy clinics throughout the state, results in a cost of approximately $40 million annually, dependent on program participation, to the Probate Court Administration Fund (PCAF).
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The bill requires the PCA to accept referrals from school principals for students with truancies and solicit program participation from parent(s)/guardian(s).
Program participation is voluntary, and principals are not required to make referrals.
In the school year 2022- 2023, there were about 100,000 students who were recorded as truant in the state.
The costs associated with the bill are largely for new staff salaries and correspondingfringebenefits.The PCAwillneedtohiremanynewstaff members to serve this population.
Positions would include Lead Family Specialists, Family Specialists, and Chief Clerks.
There would also be a need for the probate judges, who are employed on a part-time basis, to 1Annual compensation for these positions is approximately:
Lead Family Specialist $75,000;
Family Specialist $65,000;
Chief Clerk;
$63,000.
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434 become full-time employees due to a substantial increase in work.
The 2 number of staff required, and the corresponding fringe benefits, would be predicated on the volume of truancy referrals to the PCA.
There would be additional needs for equipment, other expenses, etc.
depending on the number of staff necessary.
The bill also requires the Judicial Department to review and report on probation violations which is not anticipated to have a fiscal impact to the state as the department has the expertise required.
The bill also requires the Judicial Department and the Department of Labor to develop and implement a work program for justice impacted youth which codifies current practice.
The Out Years The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would continue into the future subject to actual truancy referrals to the Probate Courts.
Sources:
EdSight 2The highest compensated Probate Court judge receives a salary of 75% of a Superior Court judge's salary (CGS 45a-96a).
This bill would likely result in a need for the Probate Court judges to receive the same salary as a Superior Court judge.
In FY 25, this salary is $201,023.
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434 OLR Bill Analysis sSB 445 AN ACT CONCERNING A JOBS PROGRAM FOR YOUTH IMPACTED BY THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM, REVIEW OF PROBATION VIOLATIONS AND STATE-WIDE EXPANSION OF TRUANCY CLINICS.
SUMMARY This bill generally requires a review of probation violations and the creationofayouthjobsprogramandprobatecourttruancyclinics.More specifically, it requires the:
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judicial branch’s Court Support Services Division’s (CSSD) executive director to review probation violations during the five years preceding the bill’s passage and submit a report on them to the Judiciary Committee by January 1, 2025;
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CSSD executive director, along with the Workforce Investment Boards, to develop and implement a jobs program to connect youth impacted by the juvenile justice system with employment opportunities and report on the program to the Judiciary Committee by December 1, 2025;
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probate court administrator to (a) establish, presumably, truancy clinicsineachtown’sassociated regionalchildren’sprobate court or probate court for identifying and resolving the cause of referredstudents’truanciesand(b)annuallyreportontheclinics’ effectiveness to the Judiciary Committee beginning by January 1, 2026.
The bill also makes conforming and technical changes.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Upon passage, except the provision on the probate court’s truancy clinics is effective July 1, 2024.
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434 CSSD’S PROBATION VIOLATIONS REVIEW Within 30 days after the bill’s passage, it requires the CSSD executive director to review probation violations during the five years preceding the bill’s passage.
The review must evaluate the rates at which people on probation commit probation violations, categorized by violation type, and the court’s responses to the violations.
The CSSD executive director must report on the review, including any legislative recommendations, to the Judiciary Committee by January 1, 2025.
JOBS PROGRAM FOR YOUTH IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM By January 1, 2025, the bill requires the CSSD executive director and the Workforce Investment Boards to develop and implement a jobs program for the purpose of connecting youth impacted by the juvenile justice system with employment opportunities with local businesses and organizations.
The program must assist the youths to obtain apprenticeships, learn trade skills, and become aware of union jobs.
The executive director and the Workforce Investment Boards must make local large employers and eligible youth aware of the program.
The CSSD executive director must report on the program to the Judiciary Committee by December 1, 2025.
PROBATE COURT TRUANCY CLINIC Truancy Clinics Required Under current law, the probate court administrator may, within available appropriations, establish a truancy clinic within (1) any regional children’s probate court that serves a town designated as an alliance district or (2) any probate court that serves a town designated as an alliance district that is not served by a regional children’s probate court.The bill eliminatesthisdiscretionandinsteadrequirestheprobate court administrator to establish, presumably, truancy clinics in each town’s associated regional children’s probate court or probate court.
By law, these truancy clinics must operate for the purpose of identifying and resolving the cause of a child’s truancy using nonpunitive procedures.
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434 Referrals The billmakeschanges to thestatute that allowsreferralstotheclinic.
Under current law, if a truancy clinic is established, the principal of any elementary or middle school located in a town served by the clinic, or the principal’s designee, may refer to the clinic a parent or guardian with a child enrolled in the school who is, or of at risk of becoming, a truant.
The bill changes the effective date of this allowance to when a truancy clinic is established and extends it to apply to high school principals and their students.
By law, when a truancy clinic receives a referral, it must prepare a citation and summons for the child’s parent or guardian to appear at the clinic.
An attendance officer or police officer must deliver the citation and summons and a copy of the referral to the parent or guardian.
After the initial appearance, the parent or guardian’s participation in the truancy clinic is voluntary.
Under the bill, as under existing law, the administrative judge of the regional children’s probate court or the probate judge administering a truancy clinic may refer any matter referred to the clinic to a probate magistrate or attorney probate referee assigned by the probate court administrator.
Reporting The bill carries forward an existing annual reporting requirement under which each administrative judge of a regional children’s probate court and each probate judge who administers a truancy clinic must file a report with the probate court administrator assessing the effectiveness of each truancy clinic in the judge’s respective court by September 1.
The bill adds an annual reporting requirement under which the probate court administrator must submit a report to the Judiciary Committee assessing the effectiveness of the truancy clinics beginning by January 1, 2026.
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434 COMMITTEE ACTION Judiciary Committee Joint Favorable Substitute Yea 36 Nay 1 (03/26/2024) sSB445 / File No.
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  1. FILE NO. 434

  2. SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 270

  3. FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.

  4. RPTD. OUT OF LCO

  5. REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/10/24

  6. FILED WITH LCO

  7. Joint Favorable Substitute

  8. PUBLIC HEARING 0320

  9. REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary

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Who sponsors SB 445?
SB 445 is sponsored by Craig C. Fishbein (Republican), John A. Kissel (Republican), Eric C. Berthel (Republican), Henri Martin (Republican), Paul Cicarella (Republican), and Lisa Seminara.
What is the current status of SB 445?
This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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