General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 6659

 

January Session, 2017

 

LCO No. 2646

 

*02646*

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. KOKORUDA, 101st Dist.

 

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PENALTY FOR PATRONIZING A PROSTITUTE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That subsection (c) of section 53a-83 of the general statutes be amended to increase the penalty for patronizing a prostitute under the age of eighteen.

Statement of Purpose:

To better align the penalty of patronizing a prostitute under the age of eighteen with other similar sexual crimes against children.