General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5972
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 1832
*01832*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. DUBITSKY, 47th Dist. REP. PAVALOCK-D'AMATO, 77th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5972
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 1832
*01832*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. DUBITSKY, 47th Dist.
REP. PAVALOCK-D'AMATO, 77th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING NONLETHAL DEFENSIVE INSTRUMENTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That sections 29-38, 53-206 and 53a-217 of the general statutes be amended to remove nonlethal electronic defense weapons from the list of prohibited weapons.
Statement of Purpose:
To allow persons to protect themselves using nonlethal defensive instruments in conformity with the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Caetano v. Massachusetts.