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Senate passes criminal‑justice bill with Trust Act updates, DNA/sample rules and new municipal remedies amid heated debate
Summary
House Bill 7259, which includes revisions to the Trust Act, DNA/sample handling, sexual‑assault kit designations, extradition credit, and clarified use‑of‑force language, passed after a prolonged floor debate; several proposed amendments to narrow Trust Act protections were defeated.
The Connecticut Senate passed House Bill 7259 on May 27, a multipart criminal‑justice package that folds in updates to the state’s Trust Act, rules on handling DNA and sexual‑assault kits, sentencing credit for time served while awaiting extradition, and clarifications about use‑of‑force.
Sponsor Senator Winfield said the measure would permit the transfer of certain non‑qualifying DNA samples to the chief state's attorney prior to expungement when such samples may contain exculpatory evidence; it also creates an ‘‘anonymous’’ versus ‘‘reported’’ designation for sexual‑assault evidence kits to help manage testing and storage workloads and requires analysis of…
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