LCO No. 1705 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6183 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 1705 Referred to Committee on COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN Introduced by: REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist. AN ACT REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND PUBLIC PROTECTION TO ESTABLISH A REGISTRY OF PERPETRATORS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to require the Department of 1 Emergency Services and Public Protection to establish, maintain and 2 make public a registry of individuals who reside in Connecticut and 3 have been convicted of a crime involving child abuse or neglect, 4 provided a victim of any individual whose name appears in such 5 registry may petition the court to have the individual's name removed 6 from the publicly available registry if the presence of the individual's 7 name could indicate the identity of the victim. 8 Statement of Purpose: To require the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection to establish, maintain and make public a registry of individuals who reside in Connecticut and have been convicted of a crime involving child abuse or neglect.