Connecticut HB 5400: AN ACT REVISING THE DEFINITION OF "POLICE PATROL VEHICLE".

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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5400
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 2114

Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY

Introduced by:
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AN ACT REVISING THE DEFINITION OF "POLICE PATROL VEHICLE".
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 29-6d of the 2026 supplement to 1
the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 2
thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 3
(a) For purposes of this section and section 7-277b: 4
(1) "Law enforcement unit" has the same meaning as provided in 5
section 7-294a; 6
(2) "Police officer" means a sworn member of a law enforcement unit 7
or any member of a law enforcement unit who performs police duties; 8
(3) "Body-worn recording equipment" means an electronic recording 9
device that is capable of recording audio and video; 10
(4) "Dashboard camera" means a dashboard camera with a remote 11
recorder, as defined in section 7-277b; 12
(5) "Digital data storage device or service" means a device or service 13

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that retains the data from the recordings made by body-worn recording 14
equipment using computer data storage; and 15
(6) "Police patrol vehicle" means any state or local police vehicle. 16
[other than] "Police patrol vehicle" does not include an administrative 17
vehicle in which an occupant is wearing body-worn camera equipment, 18
a bicycle, a motor scooter, an all-terrain vehicle, an electric personal 19
assistive mobility device, as defined in subsection (a) of section 14-289h, 20
or an animal control vehicle. 21
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 October 1, 2026 29-6d(a)

PS Joint Favorable