Bill Text: CT SB00576 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Unborn Victims Of Violence.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-23 - Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary [SB00576 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-SB00576-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 576
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 2600
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. MCLACHLAN, 24th Dist. REP. CAMILLO, 151st Dist. REP. ROSE, 118th Dist. REP. MCGORTY, 122nd Dist. REP. HALL, 59th Dist.			REP. SAMPSON, 80th Dist. REP. BOLINSKY, 106th Dist. REP. FISHBEIN, 90th Dist. SEN. MARKLEY, 16th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING UNBORN VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE.

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

That section 53a-3 of the general statutes be amended to provide that the term "person", when used to describe the victim of an offense, includes a child in utero.

Statement of Purpose:

To create justice for unborn victims of violence by providing that a child in utero may be considered a victim if killed or injured as a result of a crime.