General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 680
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 2174
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. MCKINNEY, 28th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 680
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 2174
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. MCKINNEY, 28th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE GRAND JURY PROCESS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to reform the grand jury process by (1) allowing a single presiding judge to empanel a grand jury upon request of the state's attorney, (2) providing for greater cooperation between the grand jury and the state's attorney in investigative grand jury proceedings, and (3) allowing a grand jury to approve an investigatory subpoena upon request of the state's attorney.
Statement of Purpose:
To reform the grand jury process.