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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6697
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 1455
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. GILCHREST, 18
th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE ADMISSIBILITY OF STATEMENTS MADE
BY A PERSON WITH AN INTELLECTUAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITY IN A CRIMINAL OR JUVENILE PROCEEDING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That section 54-86l of the general statutes be amended to include a 1
statement by a person with an intellectual or developmental disability, 2
including autism, as statements that may be admissible, despite any 3
other rule of evidence, in a criminal or juvenile proceeding. 4
Statement of Purpose:
To require that a statement made by a person with an intellectual or
developmental disability, including autism, at the time of the offense
be admissible in a criminal or juvenile proceeding.