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CT HB05593

Bill

Status

Passed

6/13/2014

Primary Sponsor

Judiciary Committee

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Origin

House of Representatives

2014 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Designates convictions for specified domestic violence and sexual assault offenses against family or household members as "family violence" on criminal records, effective October 1, 2014.

  • Expands school safe school climate plans to address teen dating violence in addition to bullying, requiring prevention strategies, staff training, and intervention procedures for both issues.

  • Creates immunity from civil liability for school employees, students, parents, and boards of education who report or investigate bullying or teen dating violence in good faith.

  • Establishes that spousal sexual assault using force is a class B felony with a minimum two-year mandatory sentence that cannot be suspended or reduced by the court, effective October 1, 2014.

  • Makes it a class A misdemeanor to maliciously disclose the confidential location of a domestic violence emergency shelter without written authorization, effective October 1, 2014.

Legislative Description

An Act Concerning Domestic Violence And Sexual Assault.

Last Action

Signed by the Governor

6/13/2014

Committee Referrals

Education4/28/2014
Appropriations4/22/2014
Judiciary3/24/2014

Full Bill Text

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