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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5527
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 1250
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. KLARIDES, 114
th Dist.
REP. CANDELORA, 86
th Dist.
REP. O'DEA, 125
th Dist.
REP. O'NEILL, 69
th Dist.
REP. KOKORUDA, 101
st Dist.
REP. ZUPKUS, 89
th 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 1
any person convicted of one or more of the following crimes from 2
earning risk reduction credit toward a reduction in such person's 3
sentence: (1) Manslaughter in the first degree under section 53a-55 of 4
the general statutes, (2) manslaughter in the first degree with a firearm 5
under section 53a-55a of the general statutes, (3) assault in the first 6
degree under section 53a-59 of the general statutes, (4) assault of an 7
elderly, blind, disabled or pregnant person or a person with 8
intellectual disability in the first degree under section 53a-59a of the 9
general statutes, (5) assault of a pregnant woman resulting in 10
termination of pregnancy under section 53a-59c of the general statutes, 11
(6) sexual assault in the first degree under section 53a-70 of the general 12
statutes, (7) aggravated sexual assault of a minor under section 53a-70c 13
of the general statutes, (8) sexual assault in the third degree with a 14 Proposed Bill No. 5527
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firearm under section 53a-72b of the general statutes, (9) kidnapping in 15
the first degree under section 53a-92 of the general statutes, (10) 16
kidnapping in the first degree with a firearm under section 53a-92a of 17
the general statutes, (11) burglary in the first degree under section 53a-18
101 of the general statutes, (12) arson in the first degree under section 19
53a-111 of the general statutes, (13) robbery in the first degree under 20
section 53a-134 of the general statutes, (14) employing a minor in an 21
obscene performance under section 53a-196a of the general statutes, 22
and (15) being a persistent operating while under the influence felony 23
offender under section 53a-40f of the general statutes. 24
Statement of Purpose:
To protect the public by prohibiting persons convicted of serious
felonies from participating in the earned risk reduction credit program.