Connecticut 2013 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06129 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/24/2013

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6129
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 1486
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. CAFERO, 142nd Dist. REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist. REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6129 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 1486

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY 

Introduced by:

REP. CAFERO, 142nd Dist.

REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.

REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING ELIGIBILITY TO CARRY A PISTOL OR REVOLVER.

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

That the general statutes be amended with respect to eligibility to carry a pistol or revolver to extend the disqualification for having been confined in a hospital for persons with psychiatric disabilities, as defined in section 17a-495 of the general statutes, within the preceding twelve months by order of a probate court, to any such confinement within the preceding thirty-six months by order of a probate court.

Statement of Purpose: 

To extend the psychiatric disability "look back" period for eligibility to carry a pistol or revolver.