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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 913
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 3923
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E EXTENSION OF THE STATUTE OF
LIMITATIONS FOR THE PROSECUTION OF SEXUA L ASSAULT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 54-193 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019, and 2
applicable to any offense committed on or after October 1, 2019, and to any 3
offense committed prior to October 1, 2018, for which the statute of 4
limitations in effect at the time of the commission of the offense had not yet 5
expired as of October 1, 2019): 6
(a) There shall be no limitation of time within which a person may 7
be prosecuted for (1) a capital felony under the provisions of section 8
53a-54b in effect prior to April 25, 2012, a class A felony or a violation 9
of section 53a-54d or 53a-169, (2) a violation of section 53a-165aa or 10
53a-166 in which such person renders criminal assistance to another 11
person who has committed an offense set forth in subdivision (1) of 12
this subsection, (3) a violation of section 53a-156 committed during a 13
proceeding that results in the conviction of another person 14
subsequently determined to be actually innocent of the offense or 15 Raised Bill No. 913
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offenses of which such other person was convicted, or (4) a motor 16
vehicle violation or offense that resulted in the death of another person 17
and involved a violation of subsection (a) of section 14-224. 18
(b) No person may be prosecuted for a class B felony violation of 19
section 53a-70 or 53a-70a or a violation of section 53a-70b, 53a-71, 53a-20
72a or 53a-72b for which the punishment is or may be imprisonment in 21
excess of one year, except within ten years next after the offense has 22
been committed. 23
[(b)] (c) No person may be prosecuted for any offense, other than an 24
offense set forth in subsection (a) or (b) of this section, for which the 25
punishment is or may be imprisonment in excess of one year, except 26
within five years next after the offense has been committed. 27
[(c)] (d) No person may be prosecuted for any offense, other than an 28
offense set forth in subsection (a), [or] (b) or (c) of this section, except 29
within one year next after the offense has been committed. 30
[(d)] (e) If the person against whom an indictment, information or 31
complaint for any of said offenses is brought has fled from and resided 32
out of this state during the period so limited, it may be brought against 33
such person at any time within such period, during which such person 34
resides in this state, after the commission of the offense. 35
[(e)] (f) When any suit, indictment, information or complaint for any 36
crime may be brought within any other time than is limited by this 37
section, it shall be brought within such time. 38
Sec. 2. Subsection (c) of section 12-660 of the general statutes is 39
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 40
October 1, 2019): 41
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection [(b)] (c) of section 42
54-193, as amended by this act, a person may be prosecuted for a 43
violation of any provision of this chapter more than five years after 44
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019, and
applicable to any offense
committed on or after
October 1, 2019, and to
any offense committed
prior to October 1, 2018,
for which the statute of
limitations in effect at the
time of the commission of
the offense had not yet
expired as of October 1,
2019
54-193
Sec. 2 October 1, 2019 12-660(c)
Statement of Purpose:
To extend to ten years the statute of limitations for the prosecution of
certain sexual assault crimes.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]