- Cell Phone Violations - Procedural Outcome
OLR Research Reports - Office of Legislative Research :
Cell Towers, Tracking, and GPS
- Law and Legislation on Cell Phone Tracking Devices - 2011-R-0386
- Searching for Callers Using GPS - 2004-R-0461
- Siting Cell Phone Towers - 2000-R-0889
- Electronic Monitoring of Students in School and Student and Teacher Possession of Beepers and Cell Phones in School - 98-R-1321
- P enalties for Causing a Fatality When Texting While Driving - 2015-R-0280
- State Distracted Driving Policies and Practices - 2013-R-0438
- OLR Backgrounder: Connecticut Anti-Texting Initiatives - 2013-R-0096
- Scope of Law Barring Cell Phone Use While Driving - 2010-R-0422
- Cell Phone Bans and Tickets - 2010-R-0104
- Procedural Outcome of Cell Phone Use Violations - 2010-R-0094
- Ticketing Trends for Using Cell Phones in Vehicles - 2009-R-0059
- Hand Held Cell Phone Prohibition Violations and Related Questions - 2007-R-0260
- Cell Phones and Computers in Cars - 2005-R-0856
- Legislation on Driving While Using Cell Phones - 2004-R-0321
Telemarketers and Unsolicited Calls
- "Do Not Call" Registries - 2023-R-0300
- Q&A on Unsolicited Calls and Texts - 2021-R-0164
- Legal Issues Regarding Unsolicited Calls to Cell Phones - 2005-R-0197
- Telemarketers and Cell Phones - 2004-R-0957
- Connecticut's Do Not Call List - 2004-R-0878
- Public Act 10-109 - An Act Concerning the Use of Hand-Held Mobile Telephones and Mobile Electronic Devices by Motor Vehicle Operators (OLR Summary)
- Public Act 05-220 - An Act Concerning Accidents Involving State Vehicles and the Use of Hand-Held Mobile Telephones and Mobile Electronic Devices
- Public Act 05-159 - An Act Concerning The Use of Hand-held Mobile Telephones By Operators of Motor Vehicles
Selected Statutes:
- Sec. 10-233j. Student possession and use of telecommunication devices.
- Sec. 14-296aa. Use of hand-held mobile telephones and mobile electronic devices by motor vehicle operators and school bus drivers prohibited or restricted. Exceptions. Penalties. Amounts remitted to municipality. Record of violation. (2024 Supplement)
Click on the following link to search the full-text of the statutes: https://search.cga.state.ct.us/r/statute
- State v. Dunbar , 165 Conn. App. 93 (2016).
The defendant. appeals from his judgment of conviction, rendered after a trial to the court,on the charge of operating a motor vehicle upon a highway while using a hand-held mobile telephone in alleged violation of General Statutes sec. 14-296aa (b).On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly found him guilty under that statute. We agree with the defendant, and accordingly we reverse the judgment of the trial court and remand the case with direction to render a judgment of acquittal. - Carpenter v. United States , 138 S. Ct. 2206 (2018).
[Fourth Amendment - Expectation of privacy in the record of one's physical movements as captured through cell-site location information.]
