Connecticut SB 343: AN ACT CONCERNING FEES CHARGED FOR CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS CHECKS.

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General Assembly  
Raised Bill No. 343  
February Session, 2026 
 
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY  
 
 
Introduced by:  
(JUD)  
 
 
 
AN ACT CONCERNING FEES CHARGED FOR CRIMINAL HISTORY 
RECORDS CHECKS.  
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section  1.  Section  29-11  of  the  general  statutes  is  repealed  and  the 1 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2026): 2 
(a) The bureau in the Division of State Police within the Department 3 
of Emergency Services and Public Protection known as the State Police 4 
Bureau  of  Identification  shall  be  maintained  for  the  purposes  of:  (1) 5 
Providing an authentic record of each person sixteen years of age or over 6 
who  is  charged  with  the  commission  of  any  crime  involving  moral 7 
turpitude, (2) providing definite information relative to the identity of 8 
each person so arrested, (3) providing a record of the final judgment of 9 
the court resulting from such arrest, unless such record has been erased 10 
pursuant to section 54-142a, and (4) maintaining a central repository of 11 
complete    criminal    history    record    disposition    information.    The 12 
Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection is directed 13 
to maintain the State Police Bureau of Identification, which bureau shall 14 
receive, classify and file in an orderly manner all fingerprints, pictures 15 

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and descriptions, including previous criminal records as far as known 16 
of all persons so arrested, and shall classify and file in a like manner all 17 
identification material and records received from the government of the 18 
United States and from the various state governments and subdivisions 19 
thereof,  and  shall  cooperate  with  such  governmental  units  in  the 20 
exchange of information relative to criminals. The State Police Bureau of 21 
Identification shall accept fingerprints of applicants for admission to the 22 
bar  of  the  state  and,  to  the  extent  permitted  by  federal  law,  shall 23 
exchange state, multistate and federal criminal history records with the 24 
State  Bar  Examining  Committee  for  purposes  of  investigation  of  the 25 
qualifications  of  any  applicant  for  admission  as  an  attorney  under 26 
section 51-80. The record of all arrests reported to the bureau after March 27 
16, 1976, shall contain information of any disposition within ninety days 28 
after the disposition has occurred. 29 
(b) Any cost incurred by the State Police Bureau of Identification in 30 
conducting  any  name  search  and  fingerprinting  of  applicants  for 31 
admission to the bar of the state shall be paid from fees collected by the 32 
State Bar Examining Committee. 33 
(c) (1) (A) The  Commissioner  of  Emergency  Services  and  Public 34 
Protection  shall  charge  the  following  fees  for  the  service  indicated: (i) 35 
Name  search,  thirty-six  dollars; (ii) fingerprint  search, seventy-five 36 
dollars; (iii) personal  record  search, seventy-five dollars; (iv) letters  of 37 
good  conduct  search, seventy-five dollars; (v) bar  association  search, 38 
seventy-five dollars; (vi) fingerprinting,   fifteen   dollars; and   (vii) 39 
criminal history record information search, seventy-five dollars. 40 
(B) [The] (i) Prior to July 1, 2029, the commissioner shall waive fees 41 
imposed  under  subparagraph  (A)(vii)  of  this  subdivision  for  any 42 
applicant requesting a criminal history record information search for the 43 
purpose  of  applying  for  a  pardon  authorized  pursuant  to  section  54-44 
124a.  (ii)  On  and  after  July  1,  2029,  the commissioner  may  waive  fees 45 
imposed  under  subparagraph  (A)(vii)  of  this  subdivision  for  any 46 
applicant requesting a criminal history record information search for the 47 
purpose  of  applying  for  a  pardon  authorized  pursuant  to  section  54-48 

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124a,  provided  such  applicant  completes  a  form  prescribed  by  the 49 
Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection representing 50 
such person's indigency. 51 
(2) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the provisions 52 
of this subsection shall not apply to any (A) federal, state or municipal 53 
agency,  (B)  volunteer  fire  company  or  department,  or  (C)  volunteer 54 
ambulance  service  or  company.  The  commissioner  shall  not  require  a 55 
volunteer fire company or department or a volunteer ambulance service 56 
or company to provide proof of insurance as a condition to receiving the 57 
waiver of fees pursuant to the provisions of this subsection. 58 
(d) (1) The   Commissioner   of   Emergency   Services   and   Public 59 
Protection  may  enter  into  one  or  more  agreements  with  independent 60 
contractors  requiring