LCO No. 374 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5361 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 374 Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH Introduced by: REP. PETIT, 22nd Dist. AN ACT PREVENTING THE PRACTICE OF FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to prohibit female genital 1 mutilation. 2 Statement of Purpose: To prevent the practice of female genital mutilation.