Bill Text: CT SB00348 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Parental Immunity.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-20 - Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary [SB00348 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-SB00348-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 348
January Session, 2011		LCO No. 1051
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
SEN. RORABACK, 30th Dist. REP. WILLIS, 64th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING PARENTAL IMMUNITY.

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

That the general statutes be amended to provide that the common-law doctrine of parental immunity shall not apply to protect a parent from liability when the parent engages in reckless misconduct consisting of knowingly providing a child with alcoholic beverages or illegal drugs and the child dies after consuming such alcoholic beverages or illegal drugs, thereby reversing the decision in the case of Specyalski, ADMR v. Specyalski.

Statement of Purpose:

To eliminate parental immunity in circumstances where a parent knowingly provides alcohol or drugs to a child and the consumption of such alcohol or drugs causes the death of such child.