General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5606
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 820
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. SIMANSKI, 62nd Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5606
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 820
*00820*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. SIMANSKI, 62nd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING INPATIENT COMMITMENT OF SEX OFFENDERS WHO ARE A HIGH RISK FOR REOFFENDING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That chapter 969 of the general statutes be amended to establish a process whereby a sex offender who is determined to be a high risk to reoffend may be civilly committed to a secure inpatient mental health facility until he or she is able to return to society and not reoffend sexually.
Statement of Purpose:
To ensure that violent sex offenders do not reoffend.