Connecticut legislation · 2026 General Assembly
Connecticut HB5563: AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROPOSALS, CERTIFICATES OF APPROVAL FOR AIRPORTS, HELIPORTS, VERTIPORTS, RESTRICTED LANDING AREAS AND OTHER AIR NAVIGATION FACILITIES, POLICE COLLABORATION WITH SOCIAL WORKERS, SURVEILLANCE PRICING, EDUCATION COST SHARING AND WITHHOLDING OF TAXES FROM LUMP SUM PAYMENTS.
Status: Signed into law, June 4, 2026
What the bill says
An act concerning various criminal law and criminal justice proposals, certificates of approval for airports, heliports, vertiports, restricted landing areas and other air navigation facilities, police collaboration with social workers, surveillance pricing, education cost sharing and withholding of taxes from lump sum payments. assembly convened.
From the enrolled text:
AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROPOSALS, CERTIFICATES OF APPROVAL FOR AIRPORTS, HELIPORTS, VERTIPORTS, RESTRICTED LANDING AREAS AND OTHER AIR NAVIGATION FACILITIES, POLICE COLLABORATION WITH SOCIAL WORKERS, SURVEILLANCE PRICING, EDUCATION COST SHARING AND WITHHOLDING OF TAXES FROM LUMP SUM PAYMENTS. Assembly convened: Section 1. Section 53-142k of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): (a) As used in this section: (1) "Retail property" means any new article, product, commodity, item or component intended to be sold in retail commerce; (2) "Value" means the retail value of an item as advertised by the affected retail establishment, including applicable taxes; and (3) "Retail property fence" means a person who buys retail property when such person knows or should know the property is stolen and with the intent to unlawfully distribute the property or to promote, manage, carry on or facilitate a violation of subsection (b) of this section. House Bill No. 5563 (b) Any person who, for financial gain and in conjunction with one or more other persons, commits larceny by shoplifting, as defined in section 53a-119, as amended by this act, of retail property having an aggregate value exceeding two thousand dollars and (1) wrongfully takes such property during a period of [one hundred eighty] three hundred sixty-five …