Connecticut 2019 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05517 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/16/2019

                     
 
LCO No. 1330   	1 of 1 
 
General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5517  
January Session, 2019  
LCO No. 1330 
 
 
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE  
 
 
Introduced by:  
REP. MCGEE, 5th Dist.  
 
 
 
AN ACT CONCERNING LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES AND 
CONTRACTS THAT INSURE THE LIVES OF CONVICTED FELONS. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
That chapter 700b of the general statutes be amended to prohibit 1 
each life insurance company doing insurance business in this state 2 
from refusing to deliver or issue for delivery a life insurance policy or 3 
contract to a person in this state solely because such policy would 4 
insure the life of an individual who has been convicted of a felony. 5 
Statement of Purpose:   
To prohibit each life insurance company doing insurance business in 
this state from refusing to deliver or issue a life insurance policy or 
contract to a person in this state solely because such policy would 
insure the life of an individual who has been convicted of a felony.