Bill # and Introducer. File # Committee Action & Legislation Governor's Action / PA# Title & Statement of Purpose Hearing COMMUNITY JUSTICE:

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1 CT Nonprofits: Bills of Potential Interest to: Community Justice Providers Updated 2/13/11 Please note that additional bills of interest may exist and that many bills die during the legislative process. Click on bill number below, for language and additional information. To research and track your own bills, public hearings and legislative events, visit the CT General Assembly Website: To view live and recorded public hearings, etc., on line at CT-N: Contact Julia Wilcox for further information: or ext. 25 COMMUNITY JUSTICE: S.B. No. 87 Sen. Witkos, 8th Dist. Co-Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Davis, 57th Dist. S.B.No.104 Sen. Kevin D. Witkos, 8th Dist. S.B.No.124 Sen. Witkos, 8th Dist. 'AN ACT CONCERNING THE PREVENTION OF CONVICTED FELONS FROM RECEIVING STATE SOCIAL SERVICE BENEFITS', To require that persons receiving state aid are law abiding citizens. PENALTY FOR THE SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A MINOR. To provide that any person who sexually assaults a minor under certain circumstances will have only "one-strike" and be sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. 'AN ACT PROHIBITING THE USE OF RESTRAINTS ON PREGNANT WOMEN IN CUSTODY DURING THE THIRD TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY. 1/13/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Human Services 1/13/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary 1/14/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary

2 CT Nonprofits: Bill Tracking: Community Justice Providers continued (JW) Page 2 of 12 To prevent any problems with a woman's pregnancy that may arise due to the application of restraints. S.B.No.138 AN ACT REPEALING THE DEATH PENALTY. 1/14/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary Sen. Edward Meyer, 12th Dist. To repeal the death penalty which is not workable or effective. S.B.No.162 Sen. Martin M. Looney, 11th Dist. S.B.No.163 Sen. Martin M. Looney, 11th Dist. DETERMINATION OF THE TOWN OF RESIDENCE OF INCARCERATED PERSONS. To increase equity in redistricting and the distribution of state or federal funds by counting inmates in the population count of the towns where they resided immediately prior to incarceration. AN ACT CONCERNING NONVIOLENT DRUG POSSESSION OFFENSES. To establish a more rational drug policy by decriminalizing the possession of less than one ounce of marijuana and the possession of drug paraphernalia. 1/18/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary 1/18/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary S.B.No.330 Sen. Toni Nathaniel Harp, 10th Dist. TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR MEDICAL DIRECTORS AT CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. To require the medical directors of correctional facilities to have adequate training in the medical treatment of addiction. 1/20/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary

3 CT Nonprofits: Bill Tracking: Community Justice Providers continued (JW) Page 3 of 12 S.B.No.353 Sen. Michael A. McLachlan, 24th Dist. USE OF DEADLY FORCE TO DEFEND THE RESIDENTS OF A HOME. To fully enact the castle doctrine in this state. 1/20/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary S.B.No.355 Sen. Michael A. McLachlan, 24th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING PERSISTENT DANGEROUS FELONY OFFENDERS. To remove violent criminals from society by enacting a true "three strikes" law. 1/20/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary S.B.No.357 Sen. Joe Markley, 16th Dist SENTENCING OF REPEAT VIOLENT OFFENDERS. To create a true "three strikes" law in the state. 1/20/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary S.B.No.395 Sen. Robert J. Kane, 32nd Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING DRUG TESTING FOR RECIPIENTS OF CASH ASSISTANCE BENEFITS. To require drug testing for recipients of cash assistance benefits. 1/20/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Human Services S.B.No.398 Sen. Edward Meyer, 12th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION. To promote cost reduction and rehabilitation in the criminal justice system. 1/20/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary S.B.No.399 MISSION STATEMENT OF THE 1/20/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary

4 CT Nonprofits: Bill Tracking: Community Justice Providers continued (JW) Page 4 of 12 Sen. Edward Meyer, 12th Dist. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION. To focus more on the correctional and rehabilitative components of incarceration as contrasted with the custodial component. S.B.No.477 Sen. Martin M. Looney, 11th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING PARDONS. To allow former offenders a better way to become productive members of society. 1/21/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary S.B.No.479 Sen. Martin M. Looney, 11th Dist. LENGTH OF PRETRIAL DETENTION. To create a more rational criminal justice system. 1/21/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary S.B.No.607 Sen. Antonietta "Toni" Boucher, 26th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING PROOF OF IDENTITY FOR PERSONS RECEIVING SOCIAL SERVICE BENEFITS. To require persons receiving state assistance to present valid identification. 1/21/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Human Services (Note: Illustrates the need for State to PROVIDE appropriate Identification prior to release.) S.B.No.759 Sen. Antonietta AN ACT BANNING THE SALE OR POSSESSION OF SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA. To prohibit the sale or possession of

5 CT Nonprofits: Bill Tracking: Community Justice Providers continued (JW) Page 5 of 12 "Toni" Boucher, 26th Dist. synthetic marijuana. S.B.No.760 Sen. Andrea L. Stillman, 20th Dist. Rep. Elizabeth B. Ritter, 38th Dist. Rep. Kevin Ryan, 139th Dist. Et All AN ACT PROHIBITING THE SALE OR POSSESSION OF SALVIA DIVINORUM. To prevent the purchase and use of the psychoactive plant salvia divinorum. S.B.No.761 AN ACT PROHIBITING THE SALE OR POSSESSION OF SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS. Sen. Andrea L. Stillman, 20th Dist. Rep. Elizabeth B. Ritter, 38th Dist. Rep. Kevin Ryan, 139th Dist. Et All To prohibit the sale or possession of herbal blends, with such brand or street names as K2, Spice and Liquid Gold, that provide a marijuana-like high due to coatings with chemicals that mimic THC, the psychoactive substance found in the cannabis plant. H.B. No AN ACT ABOLISHING THE DEATH PENALTY. 1/05/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary Rep. Gary A. Holder- Winfield, 94th Dist. Co-Sponsored by: Rep. Roland J. Lemar, 96th Dist. Sen. Edwin A. Gomes, To provide for the prospective abolition of the death penalty.

6 CT Nonprofits: Bill Tracking: Community Justice Providers continued (JW) Page 6 of 12 23rd Dist. H.B. No Rep. DebraLee Hovey, 112th Dist. AN ACT REQUIRING DNA TESTING OF CERTAIN ARRESTED PERSONS. To improve the accurate identification of persons who commit crimes by requiring a DNA sample be taken from persons upon a third arrest for an offense punishable by a term of imprisonment. 1/05/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary H.B. No.5085 Rep. Patricia A. Dillon, 92nd Dist. RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NATIONAL PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION COMMISSION. To protect individuals being held in adult or juvenile facilities from sexual abuse by requiring state and municipal agencies and private providers that incarcerate or detain offenders to adopt and comply with the standards proposed by the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission. 1/06/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary H.B.No.5172 DEFENSE OF A PERSON'S HOME. 1/11/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary Rep. John E. Piscopo, 76th Dist. Rep. Robert C. Sampson, 80th Dist. H.B. No Rep. Nicastro, 79th To fully adopt the "castle doctrine" by establishing a rebuttable presumption that when a homeowner believes it necessary to use deadly force to repel an intruder then that belief is a reasonable belief. 'AN ACT REQUIRING DNA TESTING OF PERSONS ARRESTED FOR CERTAIN FELONIES' To expand the DNA data bank and thereby 1/13/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary

7 CT Nonprofits: Bill Tracking: Community Justice Providers continued (JW) Page 7 of 12 Dist. improve the ability of law enforcement agencies to identify repeat offenders by requiring the taking of a DNA sample from persons arrested for certain serious felonies. H.B.No.5312 Rep. Al Adinolfi, 103rd Dist. H.B.No.5597 Rep. David W. Kiner, 59th Dist. Sen. Andrea L. Stillman, 20th Dist. Sen. John A. Kissel, 7th Dist. Rep. Gregory Haddad, 54th Dist. Rep. Tom Reynolds, 42nd Dist. Rep. Elizabeth B. Ritter, 38th Dist. Rep. Matthew Ritter, 1st Dist. Rep. Kevin Ryan, 139th Dist. Rep. Kathleen M. Tallarita, 58th Dist. Rep. DebraLee Hovey, 112th Dist. Rep. Christopher Lyddy, 106th Dist. Rep. Ed Jutila, 37th SENTENCING OF PERSISTENT DANGEROUS FELONY OFFENDERS. To enact a true "three strikes" law in this state. AN ACT REQUIRING THE STATE TO PROVIDE PILOT MONEYS TO MUNICIPALITIES HOSTING CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. To require the state to meet its budgetary obligation to provide PILOT moneys to municipalities that host correctional facilities. 1/18/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary 02/07/11 1/31/11 02/04 1/20/11 Referred to Joint Comm. on Planning and Dev.

8 CT Nonprofits: Bill Tracking: Community Justice Providers continued (JW) Page 8 of 12 Dist. Rep. Elaine C. O'Brien, 61st Dist. H.B.No.5900 MEDICAL USE OF MARIJUANA. 1/24/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary Rep. Marie Lopez Kirkley-Bey, 5th Dist. H.B.No.5909 Rep. Marie Lopez Kirkley-Bey, 5th Dist. To allow state residents with certain debilitating medical conditions to possess and use marijuana for medical purposes in accordance with a physician's prescription, and license alternative treatment centers where patients can obtain prescribed marijuana. AN ACT CONCERNING PARDONS. To allow ex-offenders who have become productive members of society to secure a pardon and have their criminal record erased. 1/24/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary H.B.No.5910 Rep. Marie Lopez Kirkley-Bey, 5th Dist. AN ACT CHANGING THE MISSION STATEMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION. To reflect the need to provide services to inmates that facilitate their successful reintegration into society. 1/24/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary H.B.No.6062 AN ACT ELIMINATING MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES. Rep. Marie Lopez To establish sentencing equity in the

9 CT Nonprofits: Bill Tracking: Community Justice Providers continued (JW) Page 9 of 12 Kirkley-Bey, 5th Dist. H.B.No.6082 Rep. Linda A. Orange, 48th Dist. criminal justice system by eliminating all mandatory minimum sentences because such sentences disproportionately affect persons of color in the inner cities and contribute to overcrowding in the prisons. AN ACT CONCERNING A CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF FIRST- TIME OFFENDERS. To assess the potential for recidivism among first-time offenders. H.B.No.6083 Rep. Jonathan Steinberg, 136th Dist. AN ACT REQUIRING THE SENTENCING OF NONVIOLENT OFFENDERS TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE COSTS OF INCARCERATION VERSUS ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION. To reduce penal costs and promote rehabilitation of non-habitual nonviolent offenders. H.B.No.6084 Rep. Gary A. Holder- Winfield, 94th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING REENTRY. To consider establishing a state tax credit for private-sector employers who hire persons recently released from prison, adjust census data to count persons incarcerated in correctional institutions in the population count of the towns where they resided prior to incarceration and prohibit the state, political subdivisions of the state and employers that contract with the state and such political subdivisions from inquiring about a job applicant's criminal record until such time as the

10 CT Nonprofits: Bill Tracking: Community Justice Providers continued (JW) Page 10 of 12 applicant has been conditionally offered a position. H.B.No.6095 AN ACT ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION ON REENTRY. Rep. Marie Lopez Kirkley-Bey, 5th Dist. To establish a Commission on Reentry to determine if current policies and practices for the reintegration of offenders into the community achieve the goals of offender success, reduced recidivism and increased public safety. H.B.No.6070 Rep. Toni E. Walker, 93rd Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING AN ADVISORY COMMISSION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION. To establish an advisory commission to review policies and practices of the Department of Correction and make recommendations concerning such policies and practices, legislation or funding needs. H.B.No.6087 Rep. Lawrence F. Cafero, 142nd Dist. Rep. David K. Labriola, 131st Dist. Rep. Al Adinolfi, 103rd Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING POST- CONVICTION PROCEDURES IN DEATH PENALTY CASES. To streamline the death penalty appeals process.

11 CT Nonprofits: Bill Tracking: Community Justice Providers continued (JW) Page 11 of 12 H.B.No.6241 EMPLOYMENT OF INMATES. 1/27/11 Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary Rep. T.R. Rowe, 123rd Dist. To require incarcerated prisoners to work while serving their prison sentence.

12 CT Nonprofits: Bills of Potential Interest to: Community Justice Providers Updated 2/13/11 Please note that additional bills of interest may exist and that many bills die during the legislative process. Click on bill number below, for language and additional information. To research and track your own bills, public hearings and legislative events, visit the CT General Assembly Website: To view live and recorded public hearings, etc., on line at CT-N: Contact Julia Wilcox for further information: or ext. 25 BILL TRACKING REFERENCE NOTES: Please Note: bills that have not been acted upon either by being drafted as Committee bills or by being reserved for subject matter public hearing are considered to be dead. Some of the concepts in these proposed bills have been incorporated into other bills and where this has occurred it has been noted on this legislative update. As the legislative session moves forward, bills will be referred from legislative committees to the House or Senate. The House or Senate then may refer the bills to other committees or chose to vote on them. For a bill to become a law, both the House and the Senate must vote favorably on it by June 3, 2009 at midnight and the Governor must sign the bill into law. Key to Most Commonly Used Legislative Terminology: Vote to Draft: Bill will be drafted as a Committee Bill. Reserved for Subject Matter : Bill will have a but the date of the is still to be determined. Change of Reference: The original committee is moving the bill to another committee without a Joint Favorable action. JF (Joint Favorable): The committee reported the bill favorably to the House or Senate. JF Change of Reference: The committee reported the bill favorably to another committee. JFS (Joint Favorable Substitute): The committee reported the bill favorably to the House or Senate but with substitute language. JFS Change of Reference: The committee reported the bill favorably to another committee but with substitute language. Foot of the Calendar: A bill in the Senate has been moved off the active Senate Calendar. The reasons that a bill is moved to the Foot of the Calendar are several including that a budget has not been finalized and the bill has a fiscal impact; the bill has not been written in its final form; or the bill is not going to be acted upon during the session. File No.: A unique number given to a bill once it has reached the House or Senate Floor. A file copy of a bill with the file number has a plainlanguage description of what the bill s provisions do, written by the Office of Legislative Research and a fiscal note that explains what a bill would cost or save to implement, written by the Office of Fiscal Analysis. House or Senate Cal. No.: Also a unique number that is given to a bill once it reaches the House or Senate Floor. This number is used to hold the bill s place on either the House or Senate Calendar. If the bill is a House bill (H.B or higher) or a Senate bill (S.B.1 to 4999) it first gets a Calendar Number from the chamber the bill originated in. Once a House bill is passed in the House, it goes on to the Senate where it receives a Senate Calendar Number. Likewise, once a Senate bill (with a Senate Calendar Number) passes the Senate, it goes to the House and receives a House Calendar Number.