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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 5264 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7070 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2025 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 5264 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (JUD) |
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| 19 | 19 | | AN ACT CONCERNING THE DUTY TO RETREAT IN A HOUSE OF |
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| 20 | 20 | | RELIGIOUS WORSHIP. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 22 | 22 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 53a-19 of the general statutes is 1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 1, 2025): 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, a 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | person is not justified in using deadly physical force upon another 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | person if he or she knows that he or she can avoid the necessity of using 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | such force with complete safety (1) by retreating, except that the actor 7 |
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| 31 | 31 | | shall not be required to retreat (A) if he or she is in (i) a house of religious 8 |
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| 32 | 32 | | worship owned by, or held in trust for the use of, any religious 9 |
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| 33 | 33 | | organization, (ii) his or her dwelling, as defined in section 53a-100, or 10 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (iii) his or her place of work and was not the initial aggressor, or (B) if 11 |
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| 35 | 35 | | he or she is a peace officer or a private person assisting such peace officer 12 |
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| 36 | 36 | | at his or her direction, and acting pursuant to section 53a-22, [or] (2) by 13 |
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| 37 | 37 | | surrendering possession of property to a person asserting a claim of 14 |
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| 38 | 38 | | right thereto, or (3) by complying with a demand that he or she abstain 15 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Raised Bill No. 7070 |
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| 43 | 43 | | LCO No. 5264 2 of 2 |
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| 45 | 45 | | from performing an act which he or she is not obliged to perform. 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 47 | 47 | | sections: |
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| 49 | 49 | | Section 1 October 1, 2025 53a-19(b) |
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| 51 | 51 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 52 | 52 | | To eliminate the requirement that a person in a house of religious |
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| 53 | 53 | | worship retreat before using deadly physical force to defend himself or |
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| 54 | 54 | | herself or a third person. |
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| 56 | 56 | | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except |
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| 57 | 57 | | that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not |
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| 58 | 58 | | underlined.] |
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