Connecticut 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05261 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5261
22 January Session, 2015 LCO No. 365
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44 Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
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66 REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.
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1010 Proposed Bill No. 5261
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1212 January Session, 2015
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1414 LCO No. 365
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1818 Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
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2020 Introduced by:
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2222 REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.
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2424 AN ACT CONCERNING THE RESTORATION OF THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE CASE OF MURDER OF A POLICE OFFICER, CORRECTIONS OFFICER OR FIRST RESPONDER.
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2626 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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2828 That chapter 952 of the general statutes be amended to restore the crime of capital felony, punishable by death, for any person convicted under the provisions of section 53a-54b of the general statutes for murder of a member of the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection or of any local police department, an employee of the Department of Correction, or a state or local first responder, while such member, employee or first responder was acting within the scope of his or her duties.
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3232 To restore the death penalty as a possible punishment in the case of murder of a police officer, correction officer or first responder.