Connecticut SB 506: AN ACT CONCERNING CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR INTENTIONAL DAMAGE TO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

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General Assembly  
Raised Bill No. 506  
February Session, 2026 
 
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY  
 
 
Introduced by:  
(JUD)  
 
 
 
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: 
 
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 Section 53a-115 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1 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 
to  the  public,  or  (3)  with  intent  to  cause  damage  to  any  electronic 15 

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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 
damage  to  tangible  property  of  another  and  having  no  reasonable 48 

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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 sec