Connecticut 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00290 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 290
22 January Session, 2013 LCO No. 1126
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55 SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.
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2121 AN ACT CONCERNING THE SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A PERSON WHOSE ABILITY TO CONSENT IS SUBSTANTIALLY IMPAIRED DUE TO MENTAL DISABILITY.
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2323 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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2525 That chapter 952 of the general statutes be amended to clarify that a person may be guilty of sexual assault if the victim's ability to consent is substantially impaired due to a mental disability and the actor knows or has reasonable cause to know that the ability of such victim to communicate lack of consent is so impaired.
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2929 To clarify that a person may be guilty of sexual assault if the victim's ability to consent is substantially impaired due to a mental disability and the actor knows or has reasonable cause to know that the ability of such victim to communicate lack of consent is so impaired.