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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-1k (2026)

Issuance of protective orders in cases of stalking, harassment, sexual assault, risk of injury to or impairing morals of a child

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(a) Upon the arrest of a person for a violation of subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of section 53-21, section 53a-70, 53a-70a, 53a-70c, 53a-71, 53a-72a, 53a-72b or 53a-73a, or any attempt thereof, or section 53a-181c, 53a-181d or 53a-181e, the court may issue a protective order pursuant to this section. Upon the arrest of a person for a violation of section 53a-182b or 53a-183, the court may issue a protective order pursuant to this section if it finds that such violation caused the victim to reasonably fear for his or her physical safety. Such order shall be an order of the court, and the clerk of the court shall cause (1) a copy of such order, or the information contained in such order, to be sent to the victim, and (2) a copy of such order, or the information contained in such order, to be sent by facsimile or other means not later than forty-eight hours after its issuance to the law enforcement agency or agencies for the town in which the victim resides, the town in which the victim is employed and the town in which the defendant resides. If the victim is enrolled in a public or private elementary or secondary school, including a technical education and career school, or an institution of higher education, as defined in section 10a-55, the clerk of the court shall, upon the request of the victim, send, by facsimile or other means, a copy of such order, or the information contained in such order, to such school or institution of higher education, the president of any institution of higher education at which the victim is enrolled and the special police force established pursuant to section 10a-156b, if any, at the institution of higher education at which the victim is enrolled, if the victim provides the clerk with the name and address of such school or institution of higher education.

(b) A protective order issued under this section may include provisions necessary to protect the victim from threats, harassment, injury or intimidation by the defendant, including but not limited to, an order enjoining the defendant from (1) imposing any restraint upon the person or liberty of the victim, (2) threatening, harassing, assaulting, molesting or sexually assaulting the victim, or (3) entering the dwelling of the victim. A protective order issued under this section may include provisions necessary to protect any animal owned or kept by the victim including, but not limited to, an order enjoining the defendant from injuring or threatening to injure such animal. Such order shall be made a condition of the bail or release of the defendant and shall contain the following language: “In accordance with section 53a-223 of the Connecticut general statutes, any violation of this order constitutes criminal violation of a protective order which is punishable by a term of imprisonment of not more than ten years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars, or both. Additionally, in accordance with section 53a-107 of the Connecticut general statutes, entering or remaining in a building or any other premises in violation of this order constitutes criminal trespass in the first degree which is punishable by a term of imprisonment of not more than one year, a fine of not more than two thousand dollars, or both. Violation of this order also violates a condition of your bail or release and may result in raising the amount of bail or revoking release.”.

(c) The information contained in and concerning the issuance of any protective order issued under this section shall be entered in the registry of protective orders pursuant to section 51-5c.

(P.A. 95-214, S. 3; P.A. 02-132, S. 56; P.A. 05-147, S. 1; 05-288, S. 183; P.A. 07-78, S. 3; P.A. 08-84, S. 1; P.A. 10-144, S. 7; P.A. 12-114, S. 4; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2, S. 99; P.A. 14-217, S. 126; P.A. 17-163, S. 5; 17-237, S. 117.)

History: P.A. 02-132 replaced provisions re sending certified copy of order to law enforcement agency with provisions re sending copy of or information contained in order to law enforcement agency by facsimile or other means, replaced provisions re entry of protective orders in registry established under Sec. 46b-38c(e) with provisions re entry of information into registry of protective orders pursuant to Sec. 51-5c and made technical changes, effective January 1, 2003; P.A. 05-147 authorized the issuance of a protective order upon the arrest of a person for a violation of Sec. 53a-182b or 53a-183 if the violation caused the victim to reasonably fear for his or her physical safety and revised the language of the order to make technical changes and specify that a violation of Sec. 53a-223 is punishable by a term of imprisonment of not more than five years, a fine of not more than $5,000, or both, reflecting the increase in the penalty for said violation made by P.A. 02-127; P.A. 05-288 made technical changes and revised required language in order re penalty for criminal violation of a protective order, effective July 13, 2005; P.A. 07-78 added provision re authority of protective order to include provisions necessary to protect any animal owned or kept by the victim; P.A. 08-84 inserted Subsec. designators (a), (b) and (c), and amended Subsec. (a) to reference Secs. 53-21(a)(1) or (2), 53a-70, 53a-70a, 53a-70c, 53a-71, 53a-72a, 53a-72b or 53a-73a, or any attempt thereof; P.A. 10-144 amended Subsec. (a) to insert Subdiv. designators (1) and (2), to delete “certified” re copy of order and add “or the information contained in such order” in Subdiv. (1) and to substitute provision re law enforcement agency for town in which victim resides, town in which victim is employed and town in which defendant resides for provision re appropriate law enforcement agency in Subdiv. (2); P.A. 12-114 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision re clerk of court to send copy of order to school at which victim is enrolled, and made technical changes; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2 amended Subsec. (a) to substitute “technical high school” for “regional vocational technical school”; P.A. 14-217 amended Subsec. (b) to replace “five years” and “five thousand dollars” with “ten years” and “ten thousand dollars”, respectively, in required order language re penalty for criminal violation of a protective order, effective January 1, 2015; P.A. 17-163 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision re if victim provides name and address of school or institution of higher education to clerk, effective January 1, 2018; P.A. 17-237 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “technical high school” with “technical education and career school”, effective July 1, 2017.

Nothing in section prohibits state from bringing charges for other criminal acts in addition to violation of protective order. 151 CA 590.

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Sec. 54-1l. Short title: Alvin W. Penn Racial Profiling Prohibition Act. (a) This section and section 54-1m shall be known as the “Alvin W. Penn Racial Profiling Prohibition Act”.

(b) For purposes of this section, “racial profiling” means the detention, interdiction or other disparate treatment of an individual by a police officer on the basis, in whole or in part, of the perceived racial or ethnic status of such individual, except when such status is used in combination with other information when seeking to apprehend a specific suspect whose racial or ethnic status is part of the description of the suspect.

(c) No member of the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, a municipal police department or any other law enforcement agency shall engage in racial profiling.

(P.A. 99-198, S. 1; P.A. 03-160, S. 2; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; P.A. 23-9, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 03-160 inserted new Subsec. (a) providing that section and Sec. 54-1m shall be known as the “Alvin W. Penn Racial Profiling Prohibition Act” and redesignated existing Subsecs. (a) to (c) as new Subsecs. (b) to (d), effective June 26, 2003; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection” in Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 23-9 redefined “racial profiling” in Subsec. (b), amended Subsec. (c) by deleting provision re detention of individual based on noncriminal factors as inconsistent with policy, and deleted Subsec. (d) re race or ethnicity as sole factor in making certain determinations, effective June 7, 2023.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 18 cases (8 in the last 5 years), 2006–2025 · leading case: S. a. v. D. G., 198 Conn. App. 170 (Conn. App. Ct. 2020).
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S. a. v. D. G., 198 Conn. App. 170 (Conn. App. Ct. 2020). · cites it 20× “On appeal, the defendant claims that the court improperly (1) excluded evidence on the ground of lack of relevance, (2) issued the protection order despite the fact that the defendant was not arrested for violating any of the statutory provisions set forth in General Statutes §…”
State v. Calabrese, 902 A.2d 1044 (Conn. 2006). “to 2001) § 53a-223 provides: “(a) Aperson is guilty of criminal violation of a protective order when an order issued pursuant to subsection (e) of section 46b-38c, or section 54-1k or 54-82r has been issued against such person, and such person violates such order.”
State v. Quint, 904 A.2d 216 (Conn. App. Ct. 2006). · cites it 2× “95-214, to include protective orders pursuant to General Statutes § 54-1k. Public Acts 1999, No.”
State v. TRD, 942 A.2d 1000 (Conn. 2008). “to 1999) § 53a-110b, which had been recodified at General Statutes § 53a-223 (a) when the Appellate Court decided the case, provides: "A person is guilty of criminal violation of a protective order when an order issued pursuant to subsection (e) of section 46b-38c, or section…”
State v. Russell, 922 A.2d 191 (Conn. App. Ct. 2007). “section 54-1k . . . has been issued against such person, and such person violates such order.”
Hines v. Comm'r of Corr., 138 A.3d 430 (Conn. App. Ct. 2016). “" General Statutes § 53a-223 (a) provides: "A person is guilty of criminal violation of a protective order when an order issued pursuant to subsection (e) of section 46b-38c, subsection (f) of section 53a-28, or section 54-1k or 54-82r has been issued against such person, and…”
State v. Robert S., 181 A.3d 568 (Conn. App. Ct. 2018). “General Statutes § 53a-223(a) provides: "A person is guilty of criminal violation of a protective order when an order issued pursuant to subsection (e) of section 46b-38c, subsection (f) of section 53a-28, or section 54-1k or 54-82r has been issued against such person, and such…”
State v. Mieles, 351 Conn. 765 (Conn. 2025). · cites it 3× “Other statutes that authorize courts to impose protective or restraining orders include General Statutes § 46b-15 (domestic violence restraining orders); General Statutes § 46b-16a (civil protection orders); General Statutes § 46b-38c (family violence protective orders); General…”
State v. Michael R., 346 Conn. 432 (Conn. 2023). “’’ 6 General Statutes § 53a-223 (a) provides: ‘‘A person is guilty of criminal violation of a protective order when an order issued pursuant to subsection (e) of section 46b-38c, subsection (f) of section 53a-28, or section 54-1k or 54-82r has been issued against such person,…”
State v. Shane K., 228 Conn. App. 105 (Conn. App. Ct. 2024). “’’ 2 General Statutes § 53a-223 provides: ‘‘(a) A person is guilty of criminal violation of a protective order when an order issued pursuant to subsection (e) of section 46b-38c, subsection (f) of section 53a-28, or section 54-1k or 54-82r has been issued against such person,…”
State v. Gemmell (Conn. App. Ct. 2014). · cites it 5× “The defendant has asserted his claim on the basis of the following statutory language: ‘‘[I]n accordance with section 53a-107 of the Connecticut general statutes, entering or remaining in a building .”
L. H.-s. v. N. B. (Conn. 2021). · cites it 2× “, General Statutes § 53a-40e (standing criminal protective orders); General Statutes § 54-1k (criminal protective orders).”
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