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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5727
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 1404
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. PETIT, 22nd Dist.
AN ACT PROHIBITING CERTAIN OFFENDERS FROM EARNING RISK
REDUCTION CREDITS.
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
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 Proposed Bill No. 5727
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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.