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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5359
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 674
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. MICHEL, 146th Dist.
REP. PORTER, 94th Dist.
REP. HUGHES, 135th Dist.
REP. GIBSON, 15th Dist.
REP. WINKLER, 56th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING ACCESS TO COUNSEL IN CERTAIN
SUMMARY PROCESS PROCEEDINGS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That chapter 832 of the general statutes be amended to provide 1
counsel to any person who has been named as defendant in a summary 2
process proceeding who faces dispossession from a rental premises as a 3
result of being negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. 4
Statement of Purpose:
To ensure that any tenant negatively affected by the COVID-19
pandemic has access to legal counsel in a summary process proceeding.