Bill Text: CT HB05550 | 2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5550 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Establishing The Crime Of Falsely Reporting An Incident In An Employment Context.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-22 - Public Hearing 03/28 [HB05550 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2018-HB05550-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 5550*
*February Session, 2018*		LCO No. 2620
		02620_______JUD
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE CRIME OF FALSELY REPORTING AN INCIDENT IN AN EMPLOYMENT CONTEXT.

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

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2018) (a) As used in this section:

(1) "Employee" means any person employed by an employer, but does not include a person employed by such person's parents, spouse or child; and

(2) "Employer" means any person with one or more employees in such person's employ and includes the state and all political subdivisions thereof.

(b) A person is guilty of falsely reporting an incident involving an employee when, knowing the information reported, conveyed or circulated to be false or baseless, such person gratuitously reports to an employer (1) the alleged occurrence of an offense or incident involving an employee which did not in fact occur, (2) an allegedly impending occurrence of an offense or incident involving an employee which in fact is not about to occur, or (3) false information relating to an actual offense or incident involving an employee or the alleged implication of the employee.


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2018	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To hold a person criminally liable when such person knowingly reports a false occurrence or incident about an employee to the employee's employer.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]