Connecticut 2021 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05925 Compare Versions

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55 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5925
66 January Session, 2021
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1010 Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
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1313 Introduced by:
1414 REP. LINEHAN, 103
1515 rd Dist.
1616 REP. CONLEY, 40
1717 th Dist.
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2323 AN ACT EXTENDING THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS IN FAILURE TO
2424 REPORT CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT CASES.
2525 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
2626 Assembly convened:
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2828 That the general statutes be amended to extend the statute of 1
2929 limitations for the criminal prosecution of a violation of failure to report 2
3030 child abuse or neglect as a mandated reporter to five years from the time 3
3131 the mandated reporter is informed of, suspects, or has reason to believe 4
3232 abuse may have occurred, or is occurring. 5
3333 Statement of Purpose:
3434 To provide for a longer period to prosecute failure to report child abuse
3535 or neglect in order to strengthen protections for children.