Bill Text: CT HB06297 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 6297 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Redefining "physically Helpless" With Respect To The Victim Of A Sexual Assault.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-29 - Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary [HB06297 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-HB06297-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 6297*
*January Session, 2013*		LCO No. 771

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist. REP. SAMPSON, 80th Dist.

AN ACT REDEFINING "PHYSICALLY HELPLESS" WITH RESPECT TO THE VICTIM OF A SEXUAL ASSAULT.

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

That section 53a-65 of the general statutes be amended to redefine the term "physically helpless" with respect to sexual assault offenses to include physical or intellectual disabilities that render a person unable to verbalize lack of consent to sexual contact.

Statement of Purpose:

To redefine the term "physically helpless" with respect to sexual assault offenses.