General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6252
January Session, 2021 LCO No. 1499
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. HARDING, 107th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE PUNISHMENT FOR MURDER
RESULTING FROM AN ACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
1 That section 53a-54b of the general statutes be amended to include as
2 murder with special circumstances the crime of murder resulting from
3 an act of domestic violence.
Statement of Purpose:
To cause a person who commits murder resulting from an act of
domestic violence to serve a life sentence without an opportunity for
release.
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