Connecticut SB 90: AN ACT CONCERNING PRESENTATION OF A CARRY PERMIT UPON REQUEST.

Bill Text

Substitute Senate Bill No. 90

Public Act No. 26-77

AN ACT REVISING AND CONSOLIDATING THE HATE CRIMES
STATUTES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 53a-181i of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026):
For the purposes of [sections 53a-181j to 53a-181l, inclusive] this
section, section 53-37, as amended by this act, 53-37a, 53a-40a, as
amended by this act, and sections 53a-181j to 53a-181l, inclusive, as
amended by this act, and sections 5 to 13, inclusive, of this act, and
sections 15 to 21, inclusive, of this act:
(1) "Disability" means [physical disability, mental disability or
intellectual disability] any of the following: Physical disability or
blindness, each as described in section 1-1f, "intellectual disability" as
defined in section 1-1g or mental disability as described in section 46a-
51;
(2) "Gender identity or expression" [means a person's gender-related
identity, appearance or behavior, whether or not that gender-related
identity, appearance or behavior is different from that traditionally
associated with the person's assigned sex at birth] has the same meaning
as provided in section 1-1n;

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[(3) "Mental disability" means one or more mental disorders, as
defined in the most recent edition of the American Psychiatric
Association's "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders";
(4) "Intellectual disability" has the same meaning as provided in
section 1-1g; and
(5) "Physical disability" means any chronic physical handicap,
infirmity or impairment, whether congenital or resulting from bodily
injury, organic processes or changes or from illness, including, but not
limited to, blindness, epilepsy, deafness or being hard of hearing or
reliance on a wheelchair or other remedial appliance or device]
(3) "Protected social category" means a person's actual or perceived
race, color, religion, ethnicity, disability, alienage, national origin, sex,
sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, if sixty years of
age or older, or any combination thereof;
(4) "Race" includes ethnic traits historically associated with race,
including, but not limited to, hair texture and "protective hairstyles", as
defined in section 46a-51;
(5) "Religion" includes denomination, creed and any aspect of
religious observance and practice as well as belief;
(6) "Religiously affiliated community center" means real property
used for the provision of recreational, social or educational services that
is owned or leased by a nonprofit organization that holds such property
out as being affiliated with a religion;
(7) "Sex" includes pregnancy, child-bearing capacity, sterilization,
fertility or related medical conditions; and
(8) "Sexual orientation" has the same meaning as provided in section
46a-51.

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Sec. 2. Section 53a-181j of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026):
(a) A person is guilty of [intimidation based on bigotry or bias in the
first degree] hate crime causing physical injury when such person
[maliciously, and] acts with specific intent to intimidate or harass
another person motivated in whole or in substantial part by [the actual
or perceived race, religion, ethnicity, disability, sex, sexual orientation
or gender identity or expression] any protected social category of such
other person [,] and intentionally causes physical injury to such other
person or [to a third] another person.
(b) [Intimidation based on bigotry or bias in the first degree] Hate
crime causing physical injury is a class C felony, for which the court
shall impose a fine of at least three thousand dollars. [of the fine
imposed]
(c) A minimum fine pursuant to this section may not be remitted or
the amount reduced by the court unless the court states on the record its
reasons for remitting or reducing such fine.
Sec. 3. Section 53a-181k of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026):
(a) A person is guilty of [intimidation based on bigotry or bias in the
second degree] hate crime causing physical contact when such person
[maliciously, and] acts with specific intent to intimidate or harass
another person [or group of persons] motivated in whole or in
substantial part by [the actual or perceived race, religion, ethnicity,
disability, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity or expression of
such other person or group of persons, does any of the following: (1)
Causes physical contact with such other person or group of persons, (2)
damages, destroys or defaces any real or personal property of such other
person or group of persons, or (3) threatens, by word or act, to do an act

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described