Connecticut SB 291: AN ACT CONCERNING THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF THE STATE MARSHAL COMMISSION, THE STATE MARSHALS ADVISORY BOARD AND STATE MARSHALS.

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Substitute Senate Bill No. 291 
 
Public Act No. 26-80 
 
 
AN  ACT  CONCERNING  THE  RESPONSIBILITIES  AND  DUTIES  OF 
THE  STATE  MARSHAL  COMMISSION,  THE  STATE  MARSHALS 
ADVISORY BOARD AND STATE MARSHALS. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of Representatives  in  General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section 1. Section 6-38b of the 2026 supplement to the general statutes 
is  repealed  and  the  following  is  substituted  in  lieu  thereof (Effective 
October 1, 2026): 
(a)  There  is  established  a  State  Marshal  Commission [which] to 
oversee the state marshal system. The functions of the commission shall 
include,  but  not  be  limited  to,  promoting  a  professional  and  effective 
state  marshal  system  to  provide  competent  service  of  process  and 
execution   throughout   the   counties   of   the   state;   establishing   and 
applying appropriate standards of conduct and competence; recruiting, 
vetting  and  appointing  qualified  and  suitable  individuals  to  serve  as 
state  marshals;  establishing  and  overseeing  appropriate  training  and 
continuing education, within available appropriations; supporting and 
administering   such   operational,   administrative   and   programmatic 
systems  related  to  state  marshals;  and  taking  such  actions  as  are 
necessary  to  maintain  the  proper  and  efficient  administration  of  the 
state  marshal  system.  The  commission shall  consist  of  eight  members 
appointed  as  follows:  (1)  The  Chief  Justice  shall  appoint  one  member 

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who shall be a judge of the Superior Court; (2) the speaker of the House 
of Representatives, the president pro tempore of the Senate, the majority 
and minority leaders of the House of Representatives and the majority 
and minority leaders of the Senate shall each appoint one member; and 
(3)   the   Governor   shall   appoint   one   member   who   shall   serve   as 
chairperson. Of the seven members appointed pursuant to subdivisions 
(2) and (3) of this subsection, no more than four of such members may 
be members of any state bar. No member of the commission shall be a 
state  marshal,  except  that  two  state  marshals  appointed  by  the  State 
Marshals Advisory Board in accordance with section 6-38c, as amended 
by   this   act, shall   serve   as   ex-officio,   nonvoting   members   of   the 
commission. 
(b) The   chairperson   shall   serve   for   a   three-year   term   and   all 
appointments of members to replace those whose terms expire shall be 
for terms of three years. 
(c) If any vacancy occurs on the commission, the appointing authority 
having the power to make the initial appointment under the provisions 
of  this  section  shall  appoint  a  person  for  the  unexpired  term  in 
accordance with the provisions of this section. 
(d) Members   shall   serve   without   compensation   but   shall   be 
reimbursed for actual expenses incurred while engaged in the duties of 
the commission. 
(e) A majority of the membership of the commission shall constitute 
a quorum. The affirmative vote of at least a majority of the members of 
the commission present and voting shall be required for any action by 
the commission, and no action of the commission may pass by a tie vote. 
(f)  The  commission  shall  develop  and  maintain  materials  for  the 
purpose  of  the  orientation  of  new  members  of  the  commission.  Such 
materials  shall  be  consistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  section  and 

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provide a summary and overview of the role and authority of the State 
Marshal  Commission  and  the  process  for  the  appointment  of  state 
marshals.  The  commission  shall  coordinate  with  the  State  Marshals 
Advisory  Board  to  provide  opportunities  for  new  members of  the 
commission  to  observe  the  performance  of  actual  service  of  process, 
evictions and the restraining order duty of state marshals. 
[(e)] (g) The  commission,  in  consultation  with  the  State  Marshals 
Advisory  Board,  shall  (1)  adopt  regulations  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions  of  chapter 54  to  establish  professional  standards, including 
training   requirements,   residency   requirements,   minimum   fees   for 
execution and service of process, and for state marshals over the age of 
seventy-two, fitness for duty and annual certification requirements, and 
(2)   implement   policies   and   procedures   to   increase   state   marshal 
participation in the serving of capias mittimus orders. Such policies and 
procedures may require that at all times a certain minimum percentage 
of  the  overall  number  of  state  marshals  be  actively  engaged  in  the 
service  of  capias mittimus  orders.  The  costs  of  any  fitness  for  duty 
certification  adopted  by  the  commission  pursuant  to  this  section  shall