Bill Text: CT SB00137 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 137 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Requiring Criminal Background Checks For Youth Camp Staff.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-20 - Referred to Joint Committee on Education [SB00137 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-SB00137-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 137*
*January Session, 2015*		LCO No. 1068
		01068
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
SEN. BOUCHER, 26th Dist. (By Request)

AN ACT REQUIRING CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR YOUTH CAMP STAFF.

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

That chapter 368r of the general statutes be amended to require that all paid and unpaid staff at any youth camp licensed by the Office of Early Childhood be subject to an annual national criminal background check.

Statement of Purpose:

To require that all paid and unpaid staff at youth camps be subject to annual national criminal background checks in order to provide additional protection to the children served by such camps.