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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5925
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 2177
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. LINEHAN, 103
rd Dist.
REP. CONLEY, 40
th Dist.
AN ACT EXTENDING THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS IN FAILURE TO
REPORT CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT CASES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to extend the statute of 1
limitations for the criminal prosecution of a violation of failure to report 2
child abuse or neglect as a mandated reporter to five years from the time 3
the mandated reporter is informed of, suspects, or has reason to believe 4
abuse may have occurred, or is occurring. 5
Statement of Purpose:
To provide for a longer period to prosecute failure to report child abuse
or neglect in order to strengthen protections for children.