Connecticut 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00348 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 348
22 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 1051
33 Referred to Committee on Judiciary
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55 SEN. RORABACK, 30th Dist. REP. WILLIS, 64th Dist.
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99 Proposed Bill No. 348
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1111 January Session, 2011
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1313 LCO No. 1051
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1515 Referred to Committee on Judiciary
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1919 SEN. RORABACK, 30th Dist.
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2121 REP. WILLIS, 64th Dist.
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2323 AN ACT CONCERNING PARENTAL IMMUNITY.
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2525 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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2727 That the general statutes be amended to provide that the common-law doctrine of parental immunity shall not apply to protect a parent from liability when the parent engages in reckless misconduct consisting of knowingly providing a child with alcoholic beverages or illegal drugs and the child dies after consuming such alcoholic beverages or illegal drugs, thereby reversing the decision in the case of Specyalski, ADMR v. Specyalski.
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2929 Statement of Purpose:
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3131 To eliminate parental immunity in circumstances where a parent knowingly provides alcohol or drugs to a child and the consumption of such alcohol or drugs causes the death of such child.