General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 496

 

January Session, 2013

 

LCO No. 1597

   

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY

 

Introduced by:

 

SEN. KISSEL, 7th Dist.

 

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE AWARD OF RISK REDUCTION CREDIT TOWARD A REDUCTION IN SENTENCE FOR A CRIME COMMITTED WITH A FIREARM.

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 sentenced for a crime that involved the use of a firearm from earning risk reduction credit toward a reduction in such person's sentence.

Statement of Purpose:

To prohibit any person sentenced for a crime that involved the use of a firearm from earning risk reduction credit toward a reduction in such person's sentence.