Connecticut 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00349 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/19/2011

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 349
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 1141
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
SEN. BOUCHER, 26th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 349 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 1141

Referred to Committee on Judiciary 

Introduced by:

SEN. BOUCHER, 26th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING CHANGES TO THE AGE OF JUVENILE JURISDICTION.

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

That the general statutes be amended to provide that youth seventeen years of age be included in the juvenile justice system beginning July 1, 2014, rather than July 1, 2012, as currently provided.

Statement of Purpose: 

To delay until July 1, 2014, the inclusion of youth seventeen years of age in the juvenile justice system.