General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5036 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 4 Referred to Committee on Judiciary Introduced by: REP. HOLDER-WINFIELD, 94th Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5036 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 4 Referred to Committee on Judiciary Introduced by: REP. HOLDER-WINFIELD, 94th Dist. AN ACT ABOLISHING THE DEATH PENALTY. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to replace the death penalty with a penalty of life imprisonment without the possibility of release for certain murders committed on or after the effective date of this act. Statement of Purpose: To provide for the prospective abolition of the death penalty.