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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6174
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 3227
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. DAUPHINAIS, 44th Dist.
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CAUSE OF ACTION AGAINST THE STATE
FOR INJURY OR ILLNESS CAUSED TO A STUDENT AS A RESULT
OF VACCINATION OR MEDICINAL TREATMENT REQUIREMENTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to allow a student to bring a 1
cause of action in the Superior Court against the State of Connecticut 2
for: (1) Actual damages for injuries or illness caused by a vaccination or 3
medicinal treatment program if the state required students at a school 4
or institution of higher education in this state to receive such vaccination 5
or medicinal treatment program as a condition of school admission; and 6
(2) punitive damages, if the state knowingly requires the vaccination or 7
medicinal treatment without confirming its safety based on publicly 8
available medical testing and documentation. 9
Statement of Purpose:
To create a cause of action allowing a student to recover actual and
punitive damages for injuries or illness caused by a vaccination or
medicinal treatment program if the state required the student to receive
the vaccine or medicinal treatment as a condition of school admission.