Bill Text: CT SB00022 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 22 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Increasing The Penalty For Manslaughter In The Second Degree With A Motor Vehicle .

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-05 - Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary [SB00022 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-SB00022-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 22*
*January Session, 2011*		LCO No. 21

Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
SEN. PRAGUE, 19th Dist. SEN. FONFARA, 1st Dist.

AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTY FOR MANSLAUGHTER IN THE SECOND DEGREE WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE .

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

That section 53a-56b of the general statutes, concerning manslaughter with a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug or both, be amended to reclassify the offense as a class B felony with a minimum term of imprisonment of ten years which may not be suspended or reduced by the court.

Statement of Purpose:

To increase the maximum authorized term of imprisonment for the offense of manslaughter with a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug or both, and require the imposition of a ten-year mandatory minimum term of imprisonment.