Connecticut 2018 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00190 Compare Versions

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1		-	General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 190
2		-	February Session, 2018 _____SB00190KID___030218____
	1	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 190
	2	+	February Session, 2018 LCO No. 1111
	3	+	01111_______KID
	4	+	Referred to Committee on COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN
	5	+	Introduced by:
	6	+	(KID)
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4	8		General Assembly
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6		-	~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 190
	10	+	Raised Bill No. 190
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8	12		February Session, 2018
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10		-	_____SB00190KID___030218____
	14	+	LCO No. 1111
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	16	+	01111_______KID
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	18	+	Referred to Committee on COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN
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	20	+	Introduced by:
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	22	+	(KID)
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12	24		AN ACT PROHIBITING FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION.
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14	26		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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16	28		Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person is guilty of performing female genital mutilation when such person knowingly circumcises, excises or infibulates the whole or any part of the labia majora or labia minora or clitoris of a person under the age of eighteen.
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18		-	(b) A surgical operation is not a violation of subsection (a) of this section if such operation is (1) necessary to the health of the person on whom it is performed, and is performed by a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 370 ~~of the general statutes~~; or (2) performed on a person in labor or who has just given birth by a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 370 ~~of the general statutes~~, a nurse-midwife licensed pursuant to chapter 377 ~~of the general statutes~~ or a person in training to become such a physician or nurse-midwife. A surgical operation is not necessary to the health of the person on whom it is performed if the basis for such necessity is the belief of such person or any other person that such operation is required as a matter of custom or ritual.
	30	+	(b) A surgical operation is not a violation of subsection (a) of this section if such operation is (1) necessary to the health of the person on whom it is performed, and is performed by a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 370; or (2) performed on a person in labor or who has just given birth by a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 370, a nurse-midwife licensed pursuant to chapter 377 or a person in training to become such a physician or nurse-midwife. A surgical operation is not necessary to the health of the person on whom it is performed if the basis for such necessity is the belief of such person or any other person that such operation is required as a matter of custom or ritual.
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20	32		(c) Performing female genital mutilation is a Class D felony.
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25	37		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
26	38		Section 1 from passage New section
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28	40		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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30	42		Section 1
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32	44		from passage
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34	46		New section
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36		-	Statement of ~~Legislative Commissioners~~:
	48	+	Statement of Purpose:
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38		-	~~In Subsec. (b), "of~~ the ~~general statutes"~~ ~~was added for clarity~~.
	50	+	To prohibit the practice of female genital mutilation.
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42		-	KID Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO
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46		-	Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO
	52	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]