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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5871
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 1311
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. DUBITSKY, 47th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING "ROLLING COAL" AS A BIAS CRIME.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That chapter 952 of the general statutes be amended to provide that 1
a person is guilty of intimidation based on bigotry or bias in the fourth 2
degree when such person maliciously, and with specific intent to 3
intimidate or harass another person because of the actual or perceived 4
race, religion, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity 5
or expression of such other person, causes any object or substance, 6
including, but not limited to, liquid, gas or particulate matter, to come 7
in physical contact with such other person and to provide that any 8
person guilty of intimidation based on bigotry or bias in the fourth 9
degree shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor. 10
Statement of Purpose:
To prevent bias attacks which employ the practice of "rolling coal".