Connecticut 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05364 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5364
22 January Session, 2015 LCO No. 621
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44 Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
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66 REP. CAMILLO, 151st Dist.
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1010 Proposed Bill No. 5364
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1212 January Session, 2015
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1414 LCO No. 621
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1818 Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
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2222 REP. CAMILLO, 151st Dist.
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2424 AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF THERAPY DOGS IN CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS.
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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 961 of the general statutes be amended to provide that in any criminal prosecution involving an alleged violent crime and testimony from a victim of such crime, such victim shall be permitted to be accompanied by a therapy dog while testifying in the criminal prosecution, provided such dog is not visible to the jury.
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3232 To allow a therapy dog to accompany a victim of an alleged violent crime when such victim is testifying in court concerning events related to the criminal prosecution.