General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6126
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 922
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. SERRA, 33rd Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6126
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 922
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. SERRA, 33rd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A PERSON WHO IS PHYSICALLY HELPLESS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That section 53a-65 of the general statutes be amended to change the definition of "physically helpless" with respect to a sexual assault offense to include any physical or intellectual disability that renders a person unable to verbalize lack of consent to sexual contact.
Statement of Purpose:
To change the definition of "physically helpless" with respect to a sexual assault offense to include any physical or intellectual disability that renders a person unable to verbalize lack of consent to sexual contact.