Connecticut 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00574 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 574
22 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 1945
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44 Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
55 Introduced by:
66 SEN. MCLACHLAN, 24th Dist. SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist. SEN. MARKLEY, 16th Dist. SEN. LINARES, 33rd Dist. SEN. SUZIO, 13th Dist.
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1010 Proposed Bill No. 574
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1212 January Session, 2017
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1414 LCO No. 1945
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1818 Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
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2020 Introduced by:
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2222 SEN. MCLACHLAN, 24th Dist.
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2424 SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist.
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2626 SEN. MARKLEY, 16th Dist.
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2828 SEN. LINARES, 33rd Dist.
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3030 SEN. SUZIO, 13th Dist.
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3232 AN ACT CONCERNING A MANDATORY LIFE SENTENCE FOR REPEAT VIOLENT OFFENDERS.
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3434 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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3636 That subsection (h) of section 53a-40 of the general statutes be amended to provide that a person who is convicted for the third time of the commission of a violent felony shall be sentenced to life imprisonment.
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3838 Statement of Purpose:
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4040 To enact a true "three strikes" law in Connecticut by requiring a person convicted of a third violent offense to be sentenced to life in prison.