Bill Text: CT HB05063 | 2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5063 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Restricting Operation Of The Personal Screening System At The Legislative Office Building And The State Capitol.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-13 - Referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations [HB05063 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2018-HB05063-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5063*
*February Session, 2018*		LCO No. 114
		00114
Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
Introduced by:
REP. RUTIGLIANO, 123rd Dist.

AN ACT RESTRICTING OPERATION OF THE PERSONAL SCREENING SYSTEM AT THE LEGISLATIVE OFFICE BUILDING AND THE STATE CAPITOL.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the operation of the personal screening system in the Legislative Office Building and at the State Capitol be prohibited except when: (1) The National Terrorism Advisory System issues an elevated threat alert, during the period of such alert, or (2) the speaker of the House of Representatives, the president pro tempore of the Senate, the majority and minority leaders of the House of Representatives and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate, after consultation with the chief of police of the Office of State Capitol Police, authorize, by two-thirds vote, the operation of said system on any given day and only for as long as warranted.

Statement of Purpose:

To prohibit operation of the personal screening system that was instituted in the Legislative Office Building and at the State Capitol unless certain requirements are met.