General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5793
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 5127
*05127HB05793GAE*
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 5793
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 5127
*05127HB05793GAE*
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)
AN ACT ESTABLISHING SAFE HAVEN DAY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 10-29a of the general statutes is amended by adding subdivision (69) as follows (Effective from passage):
(NEW) (69) The Governor shall proclaim April second of each year to be Safe Haven Day to heighten public awareness of the safe haven law, sections 17a-57 to 17a-61, inclusive, concerning the voluntary surrender of infants thirty days or younger and the availability of safe havens in the state. Suitable exercises shall be held in the State Capitol and elsewhere as the Governor designates for the observance of the day.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage 10-29a(a)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
10-29a(a)
Statement of Purpose:
To designate April second of each year as Safe Haven Day to promote awareness of safe havens in the state.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. ZIOBRON, 34th Dist.; REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist. REP. ZAWISTOWSKI, 61st Dist.; REP. GIEGLER, 138th Dist. REP. MULLIGAN, 55th Dist.; REP. CARPINO, 32nd Dist. REP. KOKORUDA, 101st Dist.; REP. LAVIELLE, 143rd Dist. REP. MCCARTY, 38th Dist.; REP. ZUPKUS, 89th Dist. SEN. BARTOLOMEO, 13th Dist.; REP. ORANGE, 48th Dist. REP. SAYERS, 60th Dist.; SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist. SEN. LINARES, 33rd Dist.; REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
REP. ZIOBRON, 34th Dist.; REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist.
REP. ZAWISTOWSKI, 61st Dist.; REP. GIEGLER, 138th Dist.
REP. MULLIGAN, 55th Dist.; REP. CARPINO, 32nd Dist.
REP. KOKORUDA, 101st Dist.; REP. LAVIELLE, 143rd Dist.
REP. MCCARTY, 38th Dist.; REP. ZUPKUS, 89th Dist.
SEN. BARTOLOMEO, 13th Dist.; REP. ORANGE, 48th Dist.
REP. SAYERS, 60th Dist.; SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist.
SEN. LINARES, 33rd Dist.; REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.
H.B. 5793