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