Connecticut 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06659 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6659
22 January Session, 2015 LCO No. 764
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44 Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
55 Introduced by:
66 REP. SREDZINSKI, 112th Dist.
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1010 Proposed Bill No. 6659
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1212 January Session, 2015
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1414 LCO No. 764
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1818 Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
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2020 Introduced by:
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2222 REP. SREDZINSKI, 112th Dist.
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2424 AN ACT CONCERNING INTIMIDATION ON ACCOUNT OF OCCUPATION AS PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL.
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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 53a-181i to 53a-181l, inclusive, of the general statutes, concerning the crime of intimidation based on bigotry or bias, be amended to make it a violation for a person, with the intent to intimidate or harass another person because of the actual or perceived occupation of such person as a police officer, firefighter or emergency medical technician, to assault or threaten, or damage the property of, such other person.
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3232 To protect police officers, firefighters and emergency medical technicians by making it a hate crime to assault or verbally attack a person because of the actual or perceived occupation of such person.