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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 58
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 911
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. LOONEY, 11th 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.