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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6505
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 2180
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. O'DEA, 125
th Dist.
AN ACT PROHIBITING A MOTORCYCLIST, BICYCLIST OR
SKATEBOARD RIDER FROM FILING A CAUSE OF ACTION RELATED
TO A BRAIN INJURY UNLESS SUCH PERSON WAS UTILIZING
PROTECTIVE HEADGEAR OR A PROTECTIVE HELMET AT THE TIME
OF SUCH INJURY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That section 14-286d of the general statutes be amended to provide 1
that a motorcyclist, bicyclist or skateboard rider shall be prohibited from 2
filing a cause of action related to a brain injury unless such motorcyclist, 3
bicyclist or skateboard rider was utilizing protective headgear or a 4
protective helmet at the time of such injury. 5
Statement of Purpose:
To prohibit a motorcyclist, bicyclist or skateboard rider from filing a
cause of action related to a brain injury unless such motorcyclist,
bicyclist or skateboard rider was utilizing protective headgear or a
protective helmet at the time of such injury.