Bill > SB00346

This bill proposes to modify Connecticut law regarding governmental immunity for police officers by expanding their ability to claim immunity from civil lawsuits. Specifically, the bill would allow police officers to assert governmental immunity in most situations, with an important exception: if the officer is found to have deprived a person or group of people of their constitutional rights as outlined in the first article of the Connecticut State Constitution. Additionally, the bill introduces a procedural change that would permit defendants (likely the police officers or law enforcement agencies) to immediately appeal a trial court's decision that denies their claim of governmental immunity. This means that if a lower court decides that a police officer cannot use governmental immunity as a defense, the officer can challenge that decision in a higher court before the main trial proceeds. The bill aims to provide more legal protection for police officers by making it easier for them to claim immunity and to contest decisions that strip away that immunity.

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