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1 | 1 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5605 | |
2 | 2 | January Session, 2015 LCO No. 629 | |
3 | 3 | *00629* | |
4 | 4 | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY | |
5 | 5 | Introduced by: | |
6 | 6 | REP. HEWETT, 39th Dist. | |
7 | 7 | ||
8 | 8 | General Assembly | |
9 | 9 | ||
10 | 10 | Proposed Bill No. 5605 | |
11 | 11 | ||
12 | 12 | January Session, 2015 | |
13 | 13 | ||
14 | 14 | LCO No. 629 | |
15 | 15 | ||
16 | 16 | *00629* | |
17 | 17 | ||
18 | 18 | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY | |
19 | 19 | ||
20 | 20 | Introduced by: | |
21 | 21 | ||
22 | 22 | REP. HEWETT, 39th Dist. | |
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24 | 24 | AN ACT REQUIRING DNA TESTING OF ANY PERSON ARRESTED FOR THE COMMISSION OF A SERIOUS FELONY. | |
25 | 25 | ||
26 | 26 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
27 | 27 | ||
28 | 28 | That subsection (a) of section 54-102g of the general statutes be amended to provide that any person arrested for a serious felony be subject to DNA testing regardless of whether or not they have been previously convicted of a felony. | |
29 | 29 | ||
30 | 30 | Statement of Purpose: | |
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32 | 32 | To increase the ability of law enforcement agencies to identify perpetrators of crimes by requiring persons arrested for serious felony offenses to submit to the taking of a DNA sample. |