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-General Assembly File No. 252
-February Session, 2026 House Bill No. 5400
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-House of Representatives, March 30, 2026
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-The Committee on Public Safety and Security reported through
-REP. BOYD of the 50th Dist., Chairperson of the Committee on
-the part of the House, that the bill ought to pass.
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- AN ACT REVISING THE DEFINITION OF "POLICE PATROL
-VEHICLE".
-Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
-Assembly convened:
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-Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 29 -6d of the 2026 supplement to 1
-the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 2
-thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 3
-(a) For purposes of this section and section 7-277b: 4
-(1) "Law enforcement unit" has the same meaning as provided in 5
-section 7-294a; 6
-(2) "Police officer" means a sworn member of a law enforcement unit 7
-or any member of a law enforcement unit who performs police duties; 8
-(3) "Body-worn recording equipment" means an electronic recording 9
-device that is capable of recording audio and video; 10
-(4) "Dashboard camera" means a dashboard camera with a remote 11
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-recorder, as defined in section 7-277b; 12
-(5) "Digital data storage device or service" means a device or service 13
-that retains the data from the recordings made by body-worn recording 14
-equipment using computer data storage; and 15
-(6) "Police patrol vehicle" means any state or local police vehicle . 16
-[other than] "Police patrol vehicle" does not include an administrative 17
-vehicle in which an occupant is wearing body-worn camera equipment, 18
-a bicycle, a motor scooter, an all -terrain vehicle, an electric personal 19
-assistive mobility device, as defined in subsection (a) of section 14-289h, 20
-or an animal control vehicle. 21
-This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
-sections:
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-Section 1 October 1, 2026 29-6d(a)
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-PS Joint Favorable
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-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.
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-OFA Fiscal Note
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-State Impact: None
-Municipal Impact: None
-Explanation
-The bill, which revises the definition of "police patrol vehicle," has no
-fiscal impact.
-The Out Years
-State Impact: None
-Municipal Impact: None
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+Researcher: GM Page 1 3/30/26
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HB 5400

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