General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5160
February Session, 2020 LCO No. 2701
Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS
Introduced by:
(APP)
AN ACT REQUIRING THE PAYMENT OF A REWARD TO PATRICIA
"PIDGIE" D'ALLESSIO.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
1 Section 1. (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding any provision of
2 chapter 53 of the general statutes, the Governor shall order payment in
3 the amount of three thousand dollars from the General Fund to the
4 individual who provided information on December 11, 1953, that led to
5 the identification, arrest and conviction of Robert Nelson Malm for the
6 murder of eleven-year-old Irene Fiederowicz, of Hartford, pursuant to
7 the reward offered on December 14, 1953, in accordance with section
8 8269 of the 1949 revision of the general statutes.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To recognize and compensate Ms. Patricia "Pidgie" D'Allessio for her
role in the identification, arrest and conviction of serial predator Robert
Nelson Malm, who sexually assaulted Ms. D'Allessio and sexually
assaulted and murdered eleven-year-old Irene Fiederowicz.
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Co-Sponsors: REP. VARGAS, 6th Dist.; REP. RITTER M., 1st Dist.
H.B. 5160
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