Connecticut 2021 Regular Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 5 D · 4 R cosponsors

HB 6669 — AN ACT CONCERNING JUVENILES AND MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT, INVESTIGATIONS OF CERTAIN PENDING JUVENILE MATTERS AND REPORTING OF REQUESTS TO DETAIN ARRESTED JUVENILES.

Last action — REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Appropriations

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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2021 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.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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General Assembly Raised Bill No.
House of Representatives General Assembly File No.
6669 January Session, 2021 LCO No.
600 January Session, 2021 Substitute House Bill No.
5980 Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY Introduced by:
6669 House of Representatives, April 26, 2021 The Committee on Judiciary reported through REP.
(JUD) AN ACT CONCERNING JUVENILES AND MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT, INVESTIGATIONS OF CERTAIN PENDING JUVENILE MATTERS AND REPORTING OF REQUESTS TO DETAIN ARRESTED JUVENILES.
STAFSTROM of the 129th Dist., Chairperson of the Committee on the part of the House, that the substitute bill ought to pass.
AN ACT CONCERNING JUVENILES AND MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT, INVESTIGATIONS OF CERTAIN PENDING JUVENILE MATTERS AND REPORTING OF REQUESTS TO DETAIN ARRESTED JUVENILES.
(b) A person is guilty of enticing a juvenile to commit a criminal act if such person knowingly causes, encourages, solicits, recruits, intimidates or coerces a person under eighteen years of age to commit or participate in the commission of a criminal act.
(b) A person is guilty of enticing a juvenile to commit a criminal act if such person is eighteen years of age or older and knowingly causes, encourages, solicits, recruits, intimidates or coerces a person under eighteen years of age to commit or participate in the commission of a criminal act.
(k) For purposes of subsections (c) and (e) of this section, a child may 3/24/2021 9:26:14 AM 3/24/2021 9:22:42 AM 3/24/2021 9:21:41 AM 3/24/2021 9:19:24 AM be determined to pose a risk to public safety if such child (1) has previously been adjudicated as delinquent for or convicted of or pled guilty or nolo contendere to two or more felony offenses, (2) has had two or more prior dispositions of probation and is charged with commission of a larceny under subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 53a-122 or subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 53a-123 or subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 53a-124, or (3) is chargedwith the commission of a violent offense, including any offense committed with or involving the use of a deadly weapon, as defined in section 53a- 3, or a violation of section 53a-136a.
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600 (k) For purposes of subsections (c) and (e) of this section, a child may be determined to pose a risk to public safety if such child (1) has previously been adjudicated as delinquent for or convicted of or pled guilty or nolo contendere to two or more felony offenses, (2) has had two or more prior dispositions of probation and is charged with commission of a larceny under subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 53a-122 or subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 53a-123 or subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 53a-124, or (3) is chargedwith stealing a firearm under section 53a-212, the commission of a violent offense, including any offense committed with or involving the use of a deadly weapon, as defined in section 53a-3, or a violation of section 53a- 136a.
(NEW) (Effective October 1, 2021) The court shall order any child, as defined in section 46b-120 of the general statutes, who is released into the custody of his or her parent or guardian after being charged with a delinquency offense involving a motor vehicle, as defined in section 46b-133j of the general statutes, for which such child is not yet adjudicated as delinquent, who during the pendency of such case, is charged with a subsequent delinquency offense involving a motor vehicle to be electronically monitored by using a global positioning system device until each such case is disposed of.
(NEW) (Effective October 1, 2021) The court shall order any child, as defined in section 46b-120 of the general statutes, who is released into the custody of his or her parent or guardian after being charged with a delinquency offense involving a motor vehicle, as defined in section 46b-133j of the general statutes, for which such child is not yet adjudicated as delinquent, who, during the pendency of a delinquency proceeding, is charged with a subsequent delinquency offense involving a motor vehicle, to be electronically monitored by using a global positioning system device until each such delinquency proceeding is disposed of.
In any pending family relations matter or juvenile matter under chapter 815t in which the juvenile has previously been adjudicated as delinquent for or convicted of or pled guilty or nolo contendere to a felony offense and is charged with (1) commission of a larceny under subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 53a-122, subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 53a-123 or subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 53a-124, (2) stealing a firearm under section 53a-212, or (3) the commission of a violent offense, including any offense committed with or involving the use of a deadly weapon, as defined in section 53a-3, or a violation of section 53a-136a, the court or any judge may cause an investigation to be made with respect to any circumstance of the matter which may be helpful or material or relevant to a proper disposition of LCO No.
In any pending family relations matter or juvenile matter under chapter 815t in which the juvenile has previously been adjudicated as delinquent for or convicted of or pled guilty or nolo contendere to a felony offense and is charged with (1) commission of a larceny under subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 53a-122, subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 53a-123 or subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 53a-124, (2) stealing a firearm under section 53a-212, or (3) the commission of a violent offense, including any offense committed with or involving the use of a deadly weapon, as defined in section 53a-3, or sHB6669 / File No.
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600 a violation of section 53a-136a, the court or any judge may cause an investigation to be made with respect to any circumstance of the matter which may be helpful or material or relevant to a proper disposition of the case.
(NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) The Judicial Branch shall compile data concerning requests by anarresting police officer ofa child to detain such child pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (c) of section 46b-133 of the general statutes.
(NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) The Judicial Branch shall compile data concerning requestsby anarresting police officer ofa child to detain such child pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (c) of section 46b-133 of the general statutes.
5 from passage New section Statement of Purpose:
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To (1) establish the crime of enticing a juvenile to commit a criminal act, (2) employ other new strategies to discourage juvenile motor vehicle LCO No.
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5980 3 of 4 theft, (3) allow for investigations of certain juvenile matters, and (4) requirereportingconcerningrequeststothecourttodetainachildmade by an arresting police officer.
600 Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets.
In Section 3, occurrences of "such case" were changed to "delinquency proceeding" for clarity.
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.
JUD Joint Favorable Subst.
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600 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.
In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge.
Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.
OFA Fiscal Note State Impact:
Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 22 $ FY 23 $ Judicial Dept.
GF - Cost 1,037,236- 1,060,853- 1,234,045 1,263,566 State Comptroller - Fringe GF - Cost 325,128- 334,882- Benefits 406,411 418,603 Note:
GF=General Fund Municipal Impact:
None Explanation The bill requires the Judicial Department to monitor by GPS device juveniles charged with a motor vehicle related offense and juveniles charged with a subsequent related delinquency offense while the previousrelated charge isstillpending andresultsin acost of $1,362,364 to $1,640,456 annually.
The Judicial Department does not currently use GPS monitoring on juveniles.
Based on FY 20 data, there are approximately 225 juveniles who would require monitoring based on the requirements of the bill.
The agency would need to hire an additional 12-15 juvenile probation officers at an annual cost of $787,236 to $984,045.
An additional cost of $325,1285 to $406,410 would be incurred by the State Comptroller for fringe benefits.
The bill results in an additional cost of approximately $250,000 annually for the cost of GPS monitoring.
This cost will differ depending The fringe benefit costs for most state employees are budgeted centrally in accounts administered by the Comptroller.
The estimated active employee fringe benefit cost associated with most personnel changes is 41.3% of payroll in FY 22 and FY 23.
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The Out Years The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would continue into the future subject to inflation and caseload.
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600 OLR Bill Analysis sHB 6669 AN ACT CONCERNING JUVENILES AND MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT, INVESTIGATIONS OF CERTAIN PENDING JUVENILE MATTERS AND REPORTING OF REQUESTS TO DETAIN ARRESTED JUVENILES.
SUMMARY This bill makes various changes to laws related to juvenile motor vehicle theft.
Principally, it:
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establishes the crime of “enticing a juvenile to commit a criminal act” and makes it a class D felony, which is punishable by up to a $5,000 fine, up to five years in prison, or both (§ 1);
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expands the circumstances under which the juvenile court may issue an order to detain a child to include when the child is charged with certain violent offenses (§ 2);
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requires the court to order a child to be monitored by a GPS device if the child is (1) released into the custody of his or her parent or guardian and (2) charged with a repeat motor vehicle- related delinquency offense while the previous related charge is still pending (§ 3);
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allows the court to order certain investigations in pending juvenile matters for juveniles charged with certain subsequent felonies (e.g., 2d and 3 rddegree larceny involving a motor vehicle) (§ 4);
and 5.
requiresthe JudicialBranchto compile andannually reportto the Judiciary Committee, starting by January 15, 2022, on arresting officers’ requests for a court order to detain an arrested child (§ 5).
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600 EFFECTIVE DATE:
October 1, 2021, except the Judicial Branch reporting requirement is effective upon passage.
§ 1 — ENTICE A JUVENILE TO COMMIT A CRIMINAL ACT The bill establishes the crime of “enticing a juvenile to commit a criminalact”andmakesaviolationaclassDfelony, whichispunishable by up to a $5,000 fine, up to five years in prison, or both.
Under the bill, a person is guilty of this crime if he or she is at least age 18 and knowingly causes, encourages, solicits, recruits, intimidates, or coerces a person under age 18 to commit or participate in the commission of a criminal act.
§ 2 — RISK TO PUBLIC SAFETY By law, the court may only order a child to be detained after he or she is arrested for an alleged crime on certain grounds, including probable cause to believe that the level of risk that the child poses to public safety if released to the community cannot be managed in a less restrictive setting.
The bill expands the circumstances under which the court may make suchadeterminationforthesepurposestoincludeifthechildis charged with (1) stealing a firearm;
(2) committing a violent offense, including one committed with or involving the use of a deadly weapon;
or (3) carjacking.
Under existing law, unchangedby the bill, a court may also make this determination if the child:
1.
has previously been adjudicated delinquent for or convicted of, or pled guilty or nolo contendere to, two or more felony offenses;
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has had two or more prior probation dispositions;
and 3.
is charged with committing 1st, 2nd, or 3rd degree larceny involving a motor vehicle.
As under existing law, in order to detain a child on this basis, the sHB6669 / File No.
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§ 3 — GPS MONITORING The bill requires the court to order a child to be monitored by a GPS device if the child is:
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released into the custody of his or her parent or guardian after being charged with a motor vehicle-related delinquency offense and 2.
charged with a subsequent related delinquency offense while the previous related charge is still pending.
Under the bill, the electronic monitoring must continue until the disposal of each delinquency proceeding.
§ 4 — INVESTIGATIONS IN PENDING JUVENILE MATTERS The bill allows the court to order an investigation in certain pending juvenile matters, in addition to pending family relations matters, as under current law.
Specifically, the court may issue such an order for a juvenile previously adjudicated as delinquent for, convicted of, or who pled guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony offense and is charged with:
1.
1 , 2 , or 3 degree larceny involving a motor vehicle;
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stealing a firearm;
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a violent offense, including with or involving use of a deadly weapon;
or 4.
carjacking.
As under existing law for pending family relations matters, the court may order an investigation on any circumstance of the matter that may be helpful, material, or relevant to properly dispose of the case.
The investigation may include:
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examining a child’s parentage, surroundings, age, habits, and sHB6669 / File No.
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inquiring into the home conditions, habits, and character of the child’s parents or guardians;
and 3.
evaluating the child’s mental or physical condition.
§ 5 — JUDICIAL BRANCH REPORTING DATA POINTS Under the bill, the Judicial Branch must (1) compile data concerning arresting officers’ requests for a court order to detain an arrested child, (2) sort the data by judicial district, and (3) categorize the data based on how many requests were received and denied and the reasons for the denials.
Starting by January 15, 2022, the Judicial Branch must annually report to the Judiciary Committee on the previous calendar year’s data.
COMMITTEE ACTION Judiciary Committee Joint Favorable Substitute Yea 21 Nay 17 (04/08/2021) sHB6669 / File No.
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  1. REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Appropriations

  2. FILE NO. 600

  3. HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 423

  4. FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR

  5. RPTD. OUT OF LCO

  6. REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/26/21

  7. FILED WITH LCO

  8. Joint Favorable Substitute

  9. PUBLIC HEARING 0331

  10. REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary

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Who sponsors HB 6669?
HB 6669 is sponsored by Jason Doucette (Democratic), Craig C. Fishbein (Republican), Christie M. Carpino (Republican), Gary A. Turco (Democratic), Eleni Kavros DeGraw (Democratic), Tami Zawistowski (Republican), Travis Simms (Democratic), Devin R. Carney (Republican), and Kerry S. Wood (Democratic).
What is the current status of HB 6669?
This bill died with 2021 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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