Connecticut HB 5439: AN ACT CONCERNING INFORMATION RELATING TO BIOSCIENCE AND CROWDFUNDING ON THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEB SITE.

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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5439
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY

Introduced by:
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AN ACT CONCERNING CIVIL IMMIGRATION DETAINERS FOR
PERSONS WHO ARE CHARGED WITH THE COMMISSION OF A
CLASS A, B OR C FELONY OR A FAMILY VIOLENCE CRIME.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 54-192h of the 2026 supplement to the general 1
statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 2
(Effective October 1, 2026): 3
(a) For the purposes of this section: 4
(1) "Administrative warrant" means a warrant, notice to appear, 5
removal order or warrant of deportation issued by an agent of a federal 6
agency charged with the enforcement of immigration laws or the 7
security of the borders, including ICE and the United States Customs 8
and Border Protection, but does not include a warrant issued or signed 9
by a judicial officer; [.] 10
(2) "Civil immigration detainer" means a request from a federal 11
immigration authority to a local or state law enforcement agency for a 12
purpose including, but not limited to: 13

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(A) Detaining an individual suspected of violating a federal 14
immigration law or who has been issued a final order of removal; 15
(B) Facilitating the (i) arrest of an individual by a federal immigration 16
authority, or (ii) transfer of an individual to the custody of a federal 17
immigration authority; 18
(C) Providing notification of the release date and time of an 19
individual in custody; and 20
(D) Notifying a law enforcement officer, through DHS Form I-247A, 21
or any other form used by the United States Department of Homeland 22
Security or any successor agency thereto, of the federal immigration 23
authority's intent to take custody of an individual; 24
(3) "Confidential information" means any information obtained and 25
maintained by a law enforcement agency relating to (A) an individual's 26
(i) sexual orientation, or (ii) status as a victim of domestic violence or 27
sexual assault, (B) whether such individual is a (i) crime witness, or (ii) 28
recipient of public assistance, or (C) an individual's income tax or other 29
financial records, including, but not limited to, Social Security numbers; 30
(4) "Federal immigration authority" means any officer, employee or 31
other person otherwise paid by or acting as an agent of ICE or any 32
division thereof or any officer, employee or other person otherwise paid 33
by or acting as an agent of the United States Department of Homeland 34
Security or any successor agency thereto who is charged with 35
enforcement of the civil provisions of the Immigration and Nationality 36
Act; 37
(5) "ICE" means United States Immigration and Customs 38
Enforcement or any successor agency thereto; 39
(6) "ICE access" means any of the following actions taken by a law 40
enforcement officer with respect to an individual who is stopped by a 41
law enforcement officer with or without the individual's consent, 42

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arrested, detained or otherwise under the control of a law enforcement 43
official or agency: 44
(A) Responding to a civil immigration detainer or request for 45
notification pursuant to subparagraph (B) of this subdivision 46
concerning such individual; 47
(B) Providing notification to a federal immigration authority that 48
such individual is being or will be released at a certain date and time 49
through data sharing or otherwise; 50
(C) Providing a federal immigration authority nonpublicly available 51
information concerning such individual regarding release date or time, 52
home address or work address, whether obtained through a computer 53
database or otherwise; 54
(D) Allowing a federal immigration authority to interview such 55
individual under the control of the law enforcement agency; 56
(E) Allowing a federal immigration authority to use a facility or 57
resources in the control of a law enforcement agency to conduct 58
interviews, administrative proceedings or other immigration 59
enforcement activities concerning such individual; or 60
(F) Providing a federal immigration authority information regarding 61
dates and times of probation or parole supervision or any other 62
information related to such individual's compliance with the terms of 63
probation or parole; 64
"ICE access" does not include submission by a law enforcement 65
officer of fingerprints to the Automated Fingerprints Identification 66
system of an arrested individual or the accessing of information from 67
the National Crime Information Center by a law enforcement officer 68
concerning an arrested individual; 69
(7) "Judicial officer" means any judge of the state or federal judicial 70
branches and any federal magistrate judge. "Judicial officer" does not 71

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mean an immigration judge; 72
(8) "Law enforcement agenc