Bill Text: CT HB06624 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Concerning State Identification And Training For Offenders Upon Reentry.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-24 - Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary [HB06624 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB06624-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 6624

 

January Session, 2017

 

LCO No. 2130

 

*02130*

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. DE LA CRUZ, 41st Dist.

 

AN ACT CONCERNING STATE IDENTIFICATION AND TRAINING FOR OFFENDERS UPON REENTRY.

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

That the general statutes be amended to require the Department of Correction to provide to offenders reentering the community state identification cards or motor vehicle operator's licenses, as applicable, and a thirty-hour outreach training program authorized by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Statement of Purpose:

To make offenders reentering the community more employable and less likely to return to prison.

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