Bill Text: CT HB05377 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5377 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Establishing A Task Force To Study The Relationships Between The Use Of Psychotropic Drugs, Violent Media And Mass Violence.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-17 - Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health [HB05377 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-HB05377-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5377*
*January Session, 2013*		LCO No. 969

Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE USE OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS, VIOLENT MEDIA AND MASS VIOLENCE.

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

That the general statutes be amended to establish a task force to work with the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering to study: (1) The potential relationship between the use of psychotropic drugs and incidents of mass shootings or attempted mass shootings; and (2) any correlation between the use of violent media, including violent video games, and mass shootings.

Statement of Purpose:

To study the relationship between the use of psychotropic drugs and incidents of mass shootings and the impact of violent media on episodes of mass violence.