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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 7034
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 1127
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. PHIPPS, 100
th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING CHILD VICTIMS OF RAPE OR PROSTITUTION
EMPLOYING PHYSICAL FORCE TO DEFEND THEMSELVES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That title 53a be amended to create a presumption that a child 1
victim of rape or prostitution who uses physical force as self-defense 2
reasonably believed that there was an imminent threat of death or 3
serious bodily injury posed to such child. 4
Statement of Purpose:
To protect child victims of rape and assault who defend themselves.