Criminal Justice
Sources
Every claim, where it came from, and how confident we are in it.
Every claim in this section, where it came from, and how confident we are in it. Anything we could not verify is listed as unverified rather than left out.
| Claim | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Text of § 21a-278b(b), (c) | Conn. Gen. Stat., cga.ct.gov | Verified — quoted |
| Text of § 21a-278(b)(1)(D), (b)(2) | Conn. Gen. Stat., cga.ct.gov | Verified — quoted |
| Text of § 21a-277(b), (c), (d) | Conn. Gen. Stat., cga.ct.gov | Verified — quoted |
| Text of § 21a-240(20)(A), (B), (29) | Conn. Gen. Stat.; P.A. 26-8 § 16; P.A. 26-100 § 49 | Verified — quoted, as amended |
| Text of § 21a-255(c) | Conn. Gen. Stat., added by P.A. 17-17 § 3 | Verified — quoted |
| Text of § 21a-267 title | Conn. Gen. Stat., as amended by June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1 | Verified |
| Cannabis is a schedule II controlled substance | § 21a-243(e), as amended by P.A. 26-8 § 17 | Verified |
| Text of § 21a-278a(a), (b) | Conn. Gen. Stat., cga.ct.gov | Verified |
| Text of § 21a-420c(e), (f), (g) | 2026 Supplement, chapter 420h | Verified — quoted |
| Text of § 54-36h(a) | Conn. Gen. Stat., chapter 959 | Verified |
| Sentencing: §§ 53a-28(a), 53a-35a, 53a-36 | Conn. Gen. Stat., chapters 950 and 952 | Verified |
| Derivative liability: §§ 53a-8, 53a-48, 53a-49, 53a-51 | Conn. Gen. Stat., chapters 951 and 952 | Verified |
| “Dangerous instrument” and “firearm” | § 53a-3(7), (19), as amended by P.A. 26-41 § 4 | Verified |
| Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296, 303, 305 n.8 | Reported opinion | Verified — quoted |
| Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 481, 490 | Reported opinion | Verified |
| Alleyne v. United States, 570 U.S. 99 | Reported opinion | Verified |
| State v. Bell, 283 Conn. 748, 810, 812–13 | Reported opinion | Verified — opinion read in full |
| State v. Velasco, 253 Conn. 210, 227–28 | Reported opinion | Verified |
| 2026 session check | All 151 public acts and 34 special acts, cga.ct.gov | Complete — four acts affect a statute used by this bill |
| Number of persons charged or sentenced under any provision | — | Not available. Connecticut publishes no data by statutory subsection. No claim on this site relies on one. |
| Legislator support | — | None claimed. No sponsor named. |
Open drafting questions
- Section 6(g) states the possession rule as a notwithstanding clause rather than amending § 21a-279a(a) directly, so that this bill amends no statute the Cultivating Caregiver Act amends. A reader of § 21a-279a will therefore not see the exception on the face of that section.
- Section 3 reproduces the phrase “except as authorized in this chapter or chapter 420f” because that language is existing statutory text within the subdivision being amended.