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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 1140
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 3344
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. FLEXER, 29th Dist.
SEN. KISSEL, 7th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING COURT DISCRETION TO ADD A FAMILY
VIOLENCE COMPONENT TO THE PRETRIAL SUPERVISED
DIVERSIONARY PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That section 54-56l of the general statutes be amended to allow 1
judges, for good cause shown and as the defendant's capacity allows, to 2
order defendants charged with a family violence crime who are 3
participating in the state's pretrial supervised diversionary program to 4
also participate in family violence treatment either in concurrence with 5
or following completion of mental health treatment. 6
Statement of Purpose:
To give the court discretion to add a family violence component
requirement to the pretrial supervised diversionary program for
individuals charged with a family violence crime.