Connecticut House Bill 6874 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: Passed on June 13 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-06-13 - Signed by the Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

To: (1) Eliminate the requirement that the parties to a dissolution or legal separation action wait ninety days after the return date before proceeding on such action, (2) expand access to juvenile and youthful offender proceedings to the next of kin of victims, (3) specify that information obtained and results of the risk and behavioral health screening shall be used for the purpose of identifying appropriate treatment and interventions for a child, (4) require the Victim Services Unit within the Department of Correction to inform a crime victim, who is registered with said unit, of the Board of Pardons and Paroles intent to consider terminating the period of special parole that was imposed on the person committing the crime, (5) include enhanced penalties for assaults on Judicial Branch personnel providing post-conviction secure detention and programming services to juveniles adjudicated of a delinquent act, (6) remove obsolete statutory references to "family with service needs", (7) revise statutes relating to the sharing of certain Judicial Branch records, (8) address the award of damages in certain employment related matters, (9) establish the crime of intimidating a judge or family support magistrate, (10) repeal obsolete statutes concerning messengers employed by the Judicial Branch, (11) change the name of the judicial district of Fairfield to the judicial district of Bridgeport, and (12) make technical and conforming statutory changes.

An Act Concerning Judicial Branch Operations, The Sharing Of Judicial Branch Records And The Award Of Damages In Certain Civil Matters.

House Judiciary Committee

2023-06-02 - Senate - Senate Roll Call Vote 333 (Y: 32 N: 1 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-05-10 - House - House Roll Call Vote 96 (Y: 149 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-03-28 - Joint - JUD Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute) (Y: 26 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-06-13	House	Signed by the Governor
2023-06-07	House	Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor
2023-06-07	House	Transmitted to the Secretary of State
2023-06-06	House	Public Act 23-46
2023-06-02	House	In Concurrence
2023-06-02	Senate	Senate Passed
2023-05-12	Senate	Senate Calendar Number 496
2023-05-12	Senate	Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
2023-05-10	House	House Passed
2023-04-17	House	File Number 640
2023-04-17	House	House Calendar Number 405
2023-04-17	House	Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
2023-04-17	House	Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
2023-04-10	House	Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/17/23 12:00 PM
2023-03-29	House	Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
2023-03-28	House	Joint Favorable Substitute
2023-03-10	House	Public Hearing 03/15
2023-03-07	House	Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB06874&which_year=2023
Text	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06874-R00-HB.PDF
Text	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/H/PDF/2023HB-06874-R01-HB.PDF
Text	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00046-R00HB-06874-PA.PDF
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FN/PDF/2023HB-06874-R000640-FN.PDF
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/BA/PDF/2023HB-06874-R000640-BA.PDF
Supplement	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/SUM/PDF/2023SUM00046-R01HB-06874-SUM.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TS/H/PDF/2023HB-06874-R00JUD-CV79-TS.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/VOTE/H/PDF/2023HV-00096-R00HB06874-HV.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/VOTE/S/PDF/2023SV-00333-R00HB06874-SV.PDF