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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 825
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 2477
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. GORDON, 35th Dist.
SEN. SAMPSON, 16th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING STATUTORY INTERPRETATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That section 1-2z of the general statutes be amended to provide that 1
a court shall (1) interpret state laws independently, with no special 2
weight given to a state agency's view, and (2) decide whether an 3
agency's actions are consistent with the statutes and the legislature's 4
intent. 5
Statement of Purpose:
To give state courts the power to interpret a statute independently and
without having to give deference to a state agency interpretation of a
statute.