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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6596
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 2914
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. GILCHREST, 18th Dist.
REP. QUINN, 82nd Dist.
REP. ELLIOTT, 88th Dist.
REP. JOHNSON, 143rd Dist.
REP. JOHNSON, 49th Dist.
REP. OSBORNE, 16th Dist.
REP. LEEPER, 132nd Dist.
REP. FARRAR K., 20th Dist.
REP. KAVROS DEGRAW, 17th Dist.
REP. BLUMENTHAL, 147th Dist.
REP. KENNEDY, 119th Dist.
REP. MARRA T., 141st Dist.
REP. HORN, 64th Dist.
REP. KLARIDES-DITRIA, 105th Dist.
REP. KEITT, 134th Dist.
REP. BERGER-GIRVALO, 111th Dist.
REP. WELANDER, 114th Dist.
REP. MENAPACE, 37th Dist.
REP. MUSHINSKY, 85th Dist.
SEN. SOMERS, 18th Dist.
REP. ZUPKUS, 89th Dist.
REP. HAINES I., 34th Dist.
REP. ZAWISTOWSKI, 61st Dist.
REP. NUCCIO, 53rd Dist.
REP. VEACH, 30th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE PREVENTION OF FEMALE GENITAL
MUTILATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to (1) require the Department 1
of Public Health to develop an education program concerning the 2
prevention of female genital mutilation, (2) allow for a civil action for 3
female genital mutilation, and (3) prohibit female genital mutilation in 4
the state. 5
Statement of Purpose:
To raise awareness of and prohibit female genital mutilation in the state.