Hidden camera laws in Connecticut
The actual statute, in plain English — not a paraphrase of a paraphrase.
The statute
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-189a (Voyeurism)
What it prohibits
Connecticut bars knowingly photographing, filming, videotaping, or otherwise recording another person’s image, without that person’s knowledge and consent, while the person is not in plain view and has a reasonable expectation of privacy, done either with malice or with intent to arouse or satisfy sexual desire. A companion statute separately criminalizes disseminating such voyeuristic material. The law was upgraded from a misdemeanor to a felony by a 2003 amendment.
Penalty
Class D felony for a first offense; Class C felony for a subsequent offense, or for a first offense where the defendant has a qualifying prior conviction or the victim is under 16.
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