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-General Assembly File No. 619
-February Session, 2026 Senate Bill No. 506
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-Senate, April 14, 2026
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-The Committee on Judiciary reported through SEN. WINFIELD
-of the 10th Dist., Chairperson  of the Committee on the part of
-the Senate, that the bill ought to pass.
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- AN ACT CONCERNING CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR INTENTIONAL
-DAMAGE TO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
-Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
-Assembly convened:
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-Section 1. Section 53a -115 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
-following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 2
-(a) A person is guilty of criminal mischief in the first degree when: (1) 3
-With intent to cause damage to tangible property of another and having 4
-no reasonable ground to believe that such person has a right to do so, 5
-such person damages tangible property of another in an amount 6
-exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars, or (2) with intent to cause 7
-(A) (i) damage to tangible property of another and having no reasonable 8
-ground to believe that such person has a right to do so, or (ii)  an 9
-interruption or impairment of service rendered to the public , and 10
-[having] (B) with no reasonable ground to believe that such person has 11
-a right to do so, such person damages or tampers with tangible property 12
-of a utility or mode of public transportation, power or communication, 13
-and thereby causes an interruption or impairment of service rendered 14
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-to the public, or (3) with intent to cause damage to any electronic 15
-monitoring equipment owned or leased by the state or its agent and 16
-required as a condition of probation or conditional discharge pursuant 17
-to section 53a-30, as a condition of release pursuant to section 54-64a or 18
-as a condition of community release pursuant to section 18 -100c, and 19
-having no reasonable ground to believe that such person has a right to 20
-do so, such person damages such electronic monitoring equipment and 21
-thereby causes an interruption in its ability to function, or (4) with intent 22
-to cause (A) damage to tangible property of another and having no 23
-reasonable ground to believe that such person has a right to do so, or (B) 24
-an interruption or impairment of service rendered to the public and 25
-having no reasonable ground to believe that such person has a right to 26
-do so, such person damages or tampers with [(A)] (i) any tangible 27
-property owned by the state, a municipality or a person for fire alarm or 28
-police alarm purposes, [(B)] (ii) any telecommunication system operated 29
-by the state police or a municipal police department, [(C)] (iii) any 30
-emergency medical or fire service dispatching system, [(D)] (iv) any fire 31
-suppression equipment owned by the state, a municipality, a person or 32
-a fire district, or [(E)] (v) any fire hydrant or hydrant system owned by 33
-the state or a municipality, a person, a fire district or a private water 34
-company, or (5) with intent to cause damage to tangible property owned 35
-by the state or a municipality that is located on public land and having 36
-no reasonable ground to believe that such person has a right to do so, 37
-such person damages such tangible property in an amount exceeding 38
-one thousand five hundred dollars. 39
-(b) Criminal mischief in the first degree is a class D felony. 40
-Sec. 2. Section 53a -116 of the general statutes is repealed and the 41
-following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 42
-(a) A person is guilty of criminal mischief in the second degree when: 43
-(1) With intent to cause damage to tangible property of another and 44
-having no reasonable ground to believe that such person has a right to 45
-do so, such person damages tangible property of another in an amount 46
-exceeding two hundred fifty dollars; or (2) with intent to cause (A) 47
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-damage to tangible property of another and having no reasonable 48
-ground to believe that such person has a right to do so, or (B)  an 49
-interruption or impairment of service rendered to the public and having 50
-no reasonable ground to believe that such person has a right to do so, 51
-such person damages or tampers with tangible property of a public 52
-utility or mode of public transportation, power or communication, and 53
-thereby causes a risk of interruption or impairment of service rendered 54
-to the public; or (3) with intent to cause damage to tangible property 55
-owned by the state or a municipality that is located on public land and 56
-having no reasonable ground to believe that such person has a right to 57
-do so, such person damages such tangible property in an amount 58
-exceeding two hundred fifty dollars. 59
-(b) Criminal mischief in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor. 60
-This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
-sections:
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-Section 1 October 1, 2026 53a-115
-Sec. 2 October 1, 2026 53a-116
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-JUD 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:
-Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 27 $ FY 28 $
-Correction, Dept.;  Judicial Dept.
-(Probation)
-GF - Potential
-Cost
-Minimal Minimal
-Resources of the General Fund GF - Potential
-Revenue Gain
-Minimal Minimal
-Note: GF=General Fund
-Municipal Impact: None
-Explanation
-The bill expands the offenses of criminal mischief in the first and
-second degrees , resulting in a potential cost to the Department of
-Correction and the Judicial Department for incarceration or probation
-and a potential revenue gain  to the General Fund  from fines. 1 On
-average, the marginal cost to the state for incarcerating an offender for
-the year is $3,3002 while the average marginal cost for supervision in the
-community is less than $6003 each year for adults and $450 each year for
-juveniles.
-The Out Years
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-1 Between FY 22 and FY 25, there were a total of 10,818 offenses recorded and $3,000
-in fines collected under CGS §§ 53a-115 and 53a-116.
-2 Inmate marginal cost is based on increased consumables (e.g., food, clothing, water,
-sewage, living supplies, etc.) This does not include a change in staffing costs or utility
-expenses because these expenses would only be realized if a unit or facility op ened.
-3 Probation marginal cost is based on services provided by private providers and only
-includes costs that increase with each additional participant. This does not include a
-cost for additional supervision by a probation officer unless a new offense is
-anticipated to result in enough additional offenders to require additional probation
-officers.
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-The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would
-continue into the future subject to the number of offenses and fines
-collected.
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 instances where someone intentionally interrupts or impairs  these
 services.
 Specific Services or Systems Damage
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  Under existing law, a person commits 1st degree criminal mischief
 by intentionally interrupting or impairing public services by damaging
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 or tampering with any of the following:
 1. tangible property owned by the state, a municipality, or a person
 for fire alarm or police alarm purposes;