General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 138 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 400 Referred to Committee on Judiciary Introduced by: SEN. MEYER, 12th Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 138 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 400 Referred to Committee on Judiciary Introduced by: SEN. MEYER, 12th Dist. AN ACT REPEALING THE DEATH PENALTY. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to eliminate the death penalty as an authorized sentence and make life imprisonment without the possibility of parole the maximum sentence. Statement of Purpose: To repeal the death penalty which is not workable or effective.