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2003 Regular Session

Senate Bill 959

AN ACT CONCERNING SCARRING AND OTHER DISCRETIONARY BENEFITS UNDER THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Appropriations Committee on March 31, 2003. The 2003 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To give the chairman of the Workers' Compensation Commission sole discretion in determining awards for (1) permanent significant scars or disfigurements on any area of the body, and (2) permanent partial disability benefits for body parts not included on the schedule of injuries listed in subsection (b) of section 31-308 of the general statutes.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

7 co-sponsors

Gary D. LeBeau, Mary Ann Handley, Toni Nathaniel Harp, Martin M. Looney, Donald J. DeFronzo, Melodie Peters, Thomas P. Gaffey

In the House of Representatives

    8 co-sponsors

    Evelyn C. Mantilla, Anthony J. Tercyak, Bob Duff, David McCluskey, Marie Lopez Kirkley-Bey, Tim O'Brien, Christopher G. Donovan, Art Feltman

    Its course

    February 20 to March 31, 2003, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action7 actions on 7 days

    In the SenateFeb 20 to Mar 31 · stopped39 days

    Labor and Public Employees CommitteeFeb 20 to Mar 2028 days

    Appropriations CommitteeMar 20 to Mar 31 · stopped11 days

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the Senate Feb 20 – Mar 20

    1. Feb 20Introduced and sent to Labor and Public Employees Committee
    2. Mar 7Heard in Labor and Public Employees Committee
    3. Mar 20Labor and Public Employees Committee recommended a substitute for it and sent it to Appropriations Committee
    All 7 actions, as published
    1. Feb 20REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Mar 7PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 20Joint Favorable Substitute Change of ReferenceBoth houses
    4. Mar 21FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Mar 27RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    6. Mar 28FAV. CHG. OF REF., SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
    7. Mar 31FAV. CHG. OF REF. HOUSE TO COMM. ONHouse of Representatives