General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5191
January Session, 2021 LCO No. 544
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. FISHBEIN, 90th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE DUTY TO RETREAT IN A HOUSE OF
RELIGIOUS WORSHIP.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
1 That section 53a-19 of the general statutes be amended to eliminate
2 the requirement that a person in a house of religious worship retreat
3 before using deadly physical force to defend himself or herself or a third
4 person.
Statement of Purpose:
To eliminate the requirement that a person in a house of religious
worship retreat before using deadly physical force to defend himself or
herself or a third person.
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