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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 2282 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 604 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2021 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 2282 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION | |
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| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | SEN. FLEXER, 29th Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTIES FOR DISTRACTED DRIVING | |
| 19 | 19 | AND STUDYING THE RECENT INCREASE IN PEDESTRIAN | |
| 20 | 20 | FATALITIES IN CONNECTICUT. | |
| 21 | 21 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 22 | 22 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 24 | 24 | That (1) section 14-296aa of the general statutes be amended to 1 | |
| 25 | 25 | increase the penalties for using a hand-held mobile telephone or 2 | |
| 26 | 26 | electronic device when operating a motor vehicle; and (2) the 3 | |
| 27 | 27 | Commissioner of Transportation be required to study the recent 4 | |
| 28 | 28 | increase in pedestrian fatalities in the state and make recommendations 5 | |
| 29 | 29 | to improve pedestrian safety to the joint standing committee of the 6 | |
| 30 | 30 | General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 7 | |
| 31 | 31 | transportation. 8 | |
| 32 | 32 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 33 | 33 | To increase the penalties for distracted driving and to study the increase | |
| 34 | 34 | in pedestrian fatalities across the state. |