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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6678
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2232
Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
REP. DIMASSA, 116th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING CRIMINAL LIABILITY OF LANDLORDS FOR
CRIMINALLY NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That chapter 833a and section 53a-58 of the general statutes be 1
amended to elevate the penalty for criminally negligent homicide for a 2
landlord whose violation of the building and housing code 3
requirements of chapter 833a of the general statutes results in the 4
death of a tenant to a class E felony. 5
Statement of Purpose:
To elevate the level of criminal liability of a landlord whose failure to
maintain the rental property to applicable building and housing code
requirements results in the death of a tenant.