Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06624 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/23/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6624
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 2130
 *02130*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. DE LA CRUZ, 41st Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6624 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 2130

*02130*

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY 

Introduced by:

REP. DE LA CRUZ, 41st Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING STATE IDENTIFICATION AND TRAINING FOR OFFENDERS UPON REENTRY.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to require the Department of Correction to provide to offenders reentering the community state identification cards or motor vehicle operator's licenses, as applicable, and a thirty-hour outreach training program authorized by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Statement of Purpose: 

To make offenders reentering the community more employable and less likely to return to prison.