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3 | 3 | LCO No. 1246 1 of 2 | |
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5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 463 | |
6 | 6 | January Session, 2023 | |
7 | 7 | LCO No. 1246 | |
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10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY | |
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13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
14 | 14 | SEN. SAMPSON, 16th Dist. | |
15 | 15 | REP. DAUPHINAIS, 44th Dist. | |
16 | 16 | REP. DUBITSKY, 47th Dist. | |
17 | 17 | REP. MASTROFRANCESCO, 80th Dist. | |
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22 | 22 | AN ACT CREATING A STATE CAUSE OF ACTION FOR INJURIES | |
23 | 23 | RECEIVED OR ILLNESS CAUSED BY VACCINATIONS OR | |
24 | 24 | MEDICINAL TREATMENT REQUIRED AS A CONDITION OF | |
25 | 25 | EMPLOYMENT. | |
26 | 26 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
27 | 27 | Assembly convened: | |
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29 | 29 | That chapter 925 of the general statutes be amended to permit a 1 | |
30 | 30 | person to bring a cause of action in the Superior Court against an 2 | |
31 | 31 | employer for: (1) Actual damages for injuries or illness caused by a 3 | |
32 | 32 | vaccination or medicinal treatment program if the employer required 4 | |
33 | 33 | the employee to receive such vaccination or medicinal treatment 5 | |
34 | 34 | program as a condition of employment; and (2) punitive damages, if the 6 | |
35 | 35 | employer knowingly requires the vaccination or medicinal treatment 7 | |
36 | 36 | without confirming its safety based on publicly available medical 8 | |
37 | 37 | testing and documentation. 9 Proposed Bill No. 463 | |
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40 | 40 | LCO No. 1246 2 of 2 | |
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42 | 42 | Statement of Purpose: | |
43 | 43 | To create a cause of action allowing an employee to recover actual and | |
44 | 44 | punitive damages for injuries or illness caused by a vaccination or | |
45 | 45 | medicinal treatment program if the employer required the employee to | |
46 | 46 | receive the vaccine or medicinal treatment as a condition of | |
47 | 47 | employment. |