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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 1243 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 362 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2021 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 1243 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY | |
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| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | SEN. SAMPSON, 16 | |
| 15 | 15 | th Dist. | |
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| 21 | 21 | AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEFENSE OF A PERSON'S HOME, | |
| 22 | 22 | MOTOR VEHICLE OR BUSINESS. | |
| 23 | 23 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 24 | 24 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 26 | 26 | That section 53a-20 of the general statutes be amended to fully enact 1 | |
| 27 | 27 | the castle doctrine in order to provide that if a person believes that 2 | |
| 28 | 28 | deadly physical force is necessary to prevent or terminate an unlawful 3 | |
| 29 | 29 | entry by force into such person's dwelling, motor vehicle or place of 4 | |
| 30 | 30 | business, or to prevent the commission of arson or a crime of violence 5 | |
| 31 | 31 | by a trespasser and that there shall be a rebuttable presumption that 6 | |
| 32 | 32 | such belief was a reasonable belief. 7 | |
| 33 | 33 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 34 | 34 | To establish a rebuttable presumption in a self-defense claim that, when | |
| 35 | 35 | a person believes it necessary to use deadly force to repel an intruder, | |
| 36 | 36 | such belief is a reasonable belief. |