Bill Text: CT SB00219 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Concerning Penalties For Crimes Involving The Abuse Of A Minor Child.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-22 - Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary [SB00219 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-SB00219-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 219

 

January Session, 2013

 

LCO No. 1614

   

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY

 

Introduced by:

 

SEN. LINARES, 33rd Dist.

 

AN ACT CONCERNING PENALTIES FOR CRIMES INVOLVING THE ABUSE OF A MINOR CHILD.

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

That titles 53 and 53a of the general statutes be amended to provide that any crime involving abuse of a minor child shall be considered a felony and punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than twenty-five years.

Statement of Purpose:

To better protect the state's children by increasing the criminal penalties for felonious abuse of a minor child.

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