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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 692
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 2003
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. FAZIO, 36th Dist.
SEN. SOMERS, 18th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING DOMESTIC AND INTIMATE PARTNER
VIOLENCE MURDER.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That title 53a of the general statutes be amended to establish the crime 1
of domestic and intimate partner violence murder as a class A felony. 2
Statement of Purpose:
To ensure domestic violence deaths are charged as murder instead of
manslaughter.