Bill Text: CT HB05271 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: An Act Restoring The Death Penalty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-06 - Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary [HB05271 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB05271-Introduced.html

---

General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5271
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 39
		*00039*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. SAMPSON, 80th Dist.

AN ACT RESTORING THE DEATH PENALTY.

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

That chapter 952 of the general statutes be amended to restore the crime of capital felony, punishable by death, for any person convicted under the provisions of section 53a-54b of the general statutes for a murder committed on or after the effective date.

Statement of Purpose:

To restore the death penalty in Connecticut.