General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5271 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 39 *00039* Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY Introduced by: REP. SAMPSON, 80th Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5271 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 39 *00039* Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY Introduced by: REP. SAMPSON, 80th Dist. AN ACT RESTORING THE DEATH PENALTY. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That chapter 952 of the general statutes be amended to restore the crime of capital felony, punishable by death, for any person convicted under the provisions of section 53a-54b of the general statutes for a murder committed on or after the effective date. Statement of Purpose: To restore the death penalty in Connecticut.