Connecticut 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00743 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/25/2013

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 743
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 1332
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. FRANTZ, 36th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 743 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 1332

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY 

Introduced by:

SEN. FRANTZ, 36th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING CRIMES COMMITTED WITH FIREARMS.

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

That the general statutes be amended to provide that any crime in which a firearm is used shall be subject to a sentence enhancement which is twenty-five per cent of the sentence applicable to the underlying crime. 

Statement of Purpose: 

To increase the sentence for crimes committed with a firearm.