l9n/ Connecticut

2006 Regular Session

House Bill 5448

AN ACT INCREASING PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL TREE CUTTING.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Environment Committee on February 23, 2006. The 2006 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To address issues raised in the case Ventres, et al. v. Goodspeed Airport, LLC, et al., 275 Conn. 105 (2005), by increasing damages for illegal tree cutting on open space lands and by specifying the measure of damages a court should award to property owners for such illegal tree cutting.

Sponsors

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

In the House of Representatives

4 co-sponsors

Michael P. Lawlor, Deborah W. Heinrich, Patricia M. Widlitz, Elizabeth B. Ritter

In the Senate

    1 co-sponsor

    Edith G. Prague

    Its course

    February 22 to February 23, 2006, 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 action2 actions on 2 days

    In the House of RepresentativesFeb 22 to Feb 23 · stopped1 day

    Environment CommitteeFeb 22 to Feb 23 · stopped1 day

    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 House of Representatives Feb 22 – Feb 23

    1. Feb 22Introduced and sent to Environment Committee
    2. Feb 23Heard in Environment Committee
    All 2 actions, as published
    1. Feb 22REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 23PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses