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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 3416 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6175 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 3416 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY | |
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| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | REP. BROWN, 56th Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT ESTABLISHING CASELOADS FOR PUBLIC DEFENDERS. | |
| 19 | 19 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 20 | 20 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 22 | 22 | That section 51-293 of the general statutes be amended to require the 1 | |
| 23 | 23 | state to establish caseload limits for public defenders consistent with 2 | |
| 24 | 24 | current industry research and best practices. 3 | |
| 25 | 25 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 26 | 26 | To alleviate the burden placed on the state's public defenders who | |
| 27 | 27 | experience high caseloads, making it difficult to provide adequate legal | |
| 28 | 28 | representation to high-needs populations. |