AN ACT CONCERNING THE APPLICABILITY OF GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY IN ACTIONS FILED AGAINST A POLICE OFFICER OR LAW ENFORCEMENT UNIT.

SB 346 modifies the legal standard for when police officers or law enforcement units can claim governmental immunity in civil lawsuits seeking damages. It states that immunity applies unless an officer deprived someone of constitutional protections guaranteed under the state constitution's Article First. The bill also allows law enforcement to immediately appeal a court's decision denying immunity before the case concludes. This directly affects police officers facing civil suits and changes how courts handle immunity defenses in such cases.