Research Guides

Connecticut Practice Book

 Legislative Reports from the Connecticut Office of Legislative Research:

• Deletion of Erased Records - 2009-R-0357
  You asked for information on the implementation of Public Act 08-53, including information on why a crime for which a pardon was granted would still be reported by a consumer reporting agency.

• Criminal Background Checks by Consumer Reporting Agencies - 2009-R-0447
  You asked how other states regulate background checks by consumer reporting agencies. You also asked whether states authorize a private cause of action to enforce the law or whether there are other enforcement options.

• Special Parole - 2008-R-0175
  You asked (1) about the difference between parole and special parole; (2) what happens when someone violates a condition of special parole; and (3) whether someone who violates special parole can be released on parole later, who decides, and under what conditions.

• Pardons for Felonies Committed in Other States - 2006-R-0191

• Questions for Board of Pardons and Paroles Nominees - 2005-R-0342

• Questions for Board of Pardons and Paroles Chairman - 2005-R-0346

• Changes Regarding Release of Convicted Inmates - 2005-R-0071

• Erasure of a Criminal Conviction - 2002-R-0378
  You asked how someone convicted of a crime can get his criminal record erased.

• CT Board of Pardons and Paroles Pardons application form, parole eligibility, schedule of pardon hearings.

• Sec. 61-15. Stay of Execution in Death Penalty Case

• P.A. 08-53 - An Act Concerning the Release, Sale and Accuracy of Conviction Information.

• P.A. 04-234. An Act Concerning Prison Overcrowding

• P.A. 05-84. (effective October 1, 2005)

• Sec. 54-124a. Board of Pardons and Paroles 

• Sec. 54-125. Parole of Prisoners Serving Indeterminate Sentence

• Sec. 54-125a. Parole of Inmate Serving Sentence Of More Than Two Years

• Sec. 54-125b. Parole of Prisoner After Administrative Review Without A Hearing

• Sec. 54-125d. Deportation Parole of Aliens

• Sec. 54-125e. Special Parole. Violation Of Conditions

• Sec. 54-126a. Testimony of Crime Victim at Parole Hearing

• Sec. 54-128. Period of Confinement After Parole Violation

• Sec. 54-129. Discharge Of Paroled Prisoner

• Sec. 54-131b. Eligibility For Medical Parole