Connecticut 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05381 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5381
22 January Session, 2015 LCO No. 703
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44 Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
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66 REP. SAMPSON, 80th Dist.
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1010 Proposed Bill No. 5381
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1212 January Session, 2015
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1818 Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
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2222 REP. SAMPSON, 80th Dist.
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2424 AN ACT REMOVING VOLUNTARY ADMISSION TO A HOSPITAL FOR PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITIES AS A REASON TO DENY A FIREARM PERMIT OR CERTIFICATE.
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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 sections 17a-500, 17a-506a, 29-28, 29-36f, 29-37p, 29-38b, 53a-217 and 53a-217c of the general statutes be amended to remove the provisions that make a person who has been voluntary admitted to a hospital for persons with psychiatric disabilities not eligible for a firearm permit or certificate.
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3232 To encourage a person to voluntarily admit himself or herself to a hospital for psychiatric disabilities by not disqualifying such person from receiving a firearm permit or certificate based solely on such voluntary admission.