Bill Text: CT SB00621 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Requiring Recipients Of Funding Under The First Five Plus Program To Recruit And Hire Former Inmates.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-25 - Referred to Joint Committee on Commerce [SB00621 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-SB00621-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 621
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 3040
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Referred to Committee on COMMERCE
Introduced by:
SEN. KISSEL, 7th Dist.

AN ACT REQUIRING RECIPIENTS OF FUNDING UNDER THE FIRST FIVE PLUS PROGRAM TO RECRUIT AND HIRE FORMER INMATES.

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

That section 32-4l of the general statutes be amended to require any recipient of funding under the first five plus program to recruit and hire former inmates released from the custody of the Commissioner of Correction.

Statement of Purpose:

To spur employment of released inmates to allow them a second chance.