General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6625
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 1949
*01949*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist. REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist. REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist. REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist. REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6625
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 1949
*01949*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.
REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.
REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist.
REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist.
REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.
AN ACT EXCLUDING PERSONS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN SERIOUS FELONIES FROM THE EARNED RISK REDUCTION CREDIT PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That section 18-98e of the general statutes be amended to prohibit any person convicted of one or more of the following crimes from earning risk reduction credit toward a reduction in such person's sentence: (1) Manslaughter in the first degree under section 53a-55 of the general statutes, (2) manslaughter in the first degree with a firearm under section 53a-55a of the general statutes, (3) assault in the first degree under section 53a-59 of the general statutes, (4) assault of an elderly, blind, disabled or pregnant person or a person with intellectual disability in the first degree under section 53a-59a of the general statutes, (5) assault of a pregnant woman resulting in termination of pregnancy under section 53a-59c of the general statutes, (6) sexual assault in the first degree under section 53a-70 of the general statutes, (7) aggravated sexual assault of a minor under section 53a-70c of the general statutes, (8) sexual assault in the third degree with a firearm under section 53a-72b of the general statutes, (9) kidnapping in the first degree under section 53a-92 of the general statutes, (10) kidnapping in the first degree with a firearm under section 53a-92a of the general statutes, (11) burglary in the first degree under section 53a-101 of the general statutes, (12) arson in the first degree under section 53a-111 of the general statutes, (13) robbery in the first degree under section 53a-134 of the general statutes, and (14) employing a minor in an obscene performance under section 53a-196a of the general statutes.
Statement of Purpose:
To protect the public by prohibiting persons convicted of serious felonies from participating in the earned risk reduction credit program.