Proposed Connecticut Firearm Legislation HB05505
Legislation Overview
Title: An Act Concerning Self-defense, Defense Of A Third Person And Assisting In Or Effecting An Arrest As Affirmative Defenses.
Description: To permit a defendant to request that a case or charge be dismissed due to an affirmative defense of self-defense, defense of a third person or assisting in or effecting the arrest of a person, and add to the list of factors a court considers when determining conditions of pretrial release of a defendant or arrested person whether such person has any available affirmative defenses.
Session: 2024 General Assembly
Last Action: File Number 544
Last Action Date: April 17, 2024
Sponsors
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10 sponsors: Judiciary Committee;Maryam Khan (D); Craig Fishbein (R); Susan Johnson (D); Aundre Bumgardner (R); Robyn Porter (D); Travis Simms (D); David Michel (D); Bobby Gibson (D); Hubert Delany (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 7% (10 of 151)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Apr 17, 2024 | Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office |
| House | Apr 17, 2024 | File Number 544 |
| House | Apr 17, 2024 | House Calendar Number 370 |
| House | Apr 17, 2024 | Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House |
| House | Apr 11, 2024 | Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/16/24 5:00 PM |
| House | Apr 1, 2024 | Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office |
| House | Mar 28, 2024 | Joint Favorable |
| House | Mar 15, 2024 | Public Hearing 03/20 |
| House | Mar 14, 2024 | Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Comm Sub | Apr 17, 2024 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Mar 13, 2024 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| JUD Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable) | 03/28/2024 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
