General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 6134

 

January Session, 2013

 

LCO No. 1498

   

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. CAFERO, 142nd Dist.

REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.

REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.

 

AN ACT CONCERNING THE EARNED RISK REDUCTION CREDIT PROGRAM.

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

That section 18-98e of the general statutes be amended to prohibit any person convicted of one or more of the following crimes from earning risk reduction credit toward a reduction in such person's sentence: (1) Manslaughter in the first degree under section 53a-55 of the general statutes, (2) manslaughter in the first degree with a firearm under section 53a-55a of the general statutes, (3) assault in the first degree under section 53a-59 of the general statutes, (4) assault of an elderly, blind, disabled or pregnant person or a person with intellectual disability in the first degree under section 53a-59a of the general statutes, (5) assault of a pregnant woman resulting in termination of pregnancy under section 53a-59c of the general statutes, (6) sexual assault in the first degree under section 53a-70 of the general statutes, (7) aggravated sexual assault of a minor under section 53a-70c of the general statutes, (8) sexual assault in the third degree with a firearm under section 53a-72b of the general statutes, (9) kidnapping in the first degree under section 53a-92 of the general statutes, (10) kidnapping in the first degree with a firearm under section 53a-92a of the general statutes, (11) burglary in the first degree under section 53a-101 of the general statutes, (12) arson in the first degree under section 53a-111 of the general statutes, (13) robbery in the first degree under section 53a-134 of the general statutes, (14) employing a minor in an obscene performance under section 53a-196a of the general statutes, and (15) being a persistent operating while under the influence felony offender under section 53a-40f of the general statutes.

Statement of Purpose:

To protect the public by prohibiting persons convicted of serious felonies from participating in the earned risk reduction credit program.