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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1215
January Session, 2025
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Referred to Committee on COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN
Introduced by:
(KID)
AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN NEGLECTED, UNCARED FOR AND
ABUSED CHILDREN AND YOUTHS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subdivision (1) of section 46b-120 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2
2025): 3
(1) "Child" means any person under eighteen years of age who has 4
not been legally emancipated, except that for purposes of (A) 5
delinquency matters and proceedings, "child" means any person who 6
[(A)] (i) is at least ten years of age at the time of the alleged commission 7
of a delinquent act and who is [(i)] (I) under eighteen years of age and 8
has not been legally emancipated, or [(ii)] (II) eighteen years of age or 9
older and committed a delinquent act prior to attaining eighteen years 10
of age, or [(B)] (ii) subsequent to attaining eighteen years of age, [(i)] (I) 11
violates any order of the Superior Court or any condition of probation 12
ordered by the Superior Court with respect to a delinquency 13
proceeding, or [(ii)] (II) wilfully fails to appear in response to a summons 14
under section 46b-133 or at any other court hearing in a delinquency 15
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proceeding of which the child had notice, and (B) a verified petition filed 16
pursuant to section 46b-129, alleging that a child or youth is neglected, 17
uncared for or abused, "child" includes any child or youth who turns 18
eighteen years of age prior to the adjudication of such petition; 19
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2025 46b-120(1)
Statement of Purpose:
To specify that a child or youth who is the subject of a petition alleging
that such child or youth is neglected, uncared for or abused shall be
considered a child for the purposes of the adjudication of such petition
if such child turns eighteen years of age prior to such adjudication.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]