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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 1401 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5596 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 1401 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY | |
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| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | REP. FISHBEIN, 90th Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT CONCERNING THE ADOPTION OF THE "CASTLE | |
| 19 | 19 | DOCTRINE". | |
| 20 | 20 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 21 | 21 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 23 | 23 | That section 53a-20 of the general statutes be amended to provide that 1 | |
| 24 | 24 | if a person believes that deadly physical force is necessary to prevent or 2 | |
| 25 | 25 | terminate an unlawful entry by force into such person's dwelling or to 3 | |
| 26 | 26 | prevent the commission of arson or a crime of violence by a trespasser, 4 | |
| 27 | 27 | there shall be a rebuttable presumption that such belief was a reasonable 5 | |
| 28 | 28 | belief. 6 | |
| 29 | 29 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 30 | 30 | To fully adopt the "castle doctrine" by establishing a rebuttable | |
| 31 | 31 | presumption that if a homeowner believes it necessary to use deadly | |
| 32 | 32 | force to repel an intruder, then that belief is a reasonable belief. |