Connecticut-2017-SB00576-Introduced


General Assembly	*Proposed Bill No. 576*
*January Session, 2017*	LCO No. 2600
	02600
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. MCLACHLAN, 24^th Dist. REP. CAMILLO, 151^st Dist. REP. ROSE, 118^th Dist. REP. MCGORTY, 122^nd Dist. REP. HALL, 59^th Dist.		REP. SAMPSON, 80^th Dist. REP. BOLINSKY, 106^th Dist. REP. FISHBEIN, 90^th Dist. SEN. MARKLEY, 16^th 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.