LCO No. 1781 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6306 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 1781 Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY Introduced by: REP. CURREY, 11th Dist. REP. ALLIE-BRENNAN, 2nd Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING GAY AND TRANSGENDER PANIC DEFENSE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That title 53a of the general statutes be amended to provide that a 1 criminal defendant may not use the shock of learning that the victim of 2 the defendant's crime was gay or transgender to justify or excuse the 3 violence perpetrated by the defendant against the victim. 4 Statement of Purpose: To ban gay and transgender panic as a criminal defense.