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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 1102 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6251 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2021 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 1102 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY | |
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| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | REP. BORER, 115th Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT CONCERNING ANIMAL ABUSE BY REPEAT OFFENDERS. | |
| 19 | 19 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 20 | 20 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 22 | 22 | That the general statutes be amended to require that police, 1 | |
| 23 | 23 | prosecutors and judges receive training or education on the link 2 | |
| 24 | 24 | between animal abuse and commission of crimes so that cases are 3 | |
| 25 | 25 | prosecuted and adjudicated with an understanding and consideration 4 | |
| 26 | 26 | of such information and to require that any and all resolutions to animal 5 | |
| 27 | 27 | cruelty cases include a mandatory psychological evaluation and 6 | |
| 28 | 28 | sessions to identify the potential for more serious criminal behavior. 7 | |
| 29 | 29 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 30 | 30 | To prevent further animal abuse by repeat offenders, to decrease the | |
| 31 | 31 | number of animal abuse cases that result in dismissal and to require | |
| 32 | 32 | thorough evaluation of offenders of animal abuse crimes. |