l9n/ Connecticut

2008 Regular Session

House Bill 5916

AN ACT CONCERNING RACIAL AND ETHNIC IMPACT STATEMENTS ON LEGISLATION AND CERTAIN OFFENSES COMMITTED NEAR SCHOOLS OR CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary Committee on March 7, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) require a racial and ethnic impact statement on any favorably reported bill that, if passed, would impact the size of the state's prison population, and (2) reduce the minimum distance for enhanced penalties related to controlled substances from one thousand five hundred feet to five hundred feet from a school or child day care center, only when such school or child day care center is open, and eliminate enhanced penalties related to proximity to a public housing project.

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

In the Senate

    1 co-sponsor

    Martin M. Looney

    Its course

    March 6 to March 7, 2008, 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 RepresentativesMar 6 to Mar 7 · stopped1 day

    Judiciary CommitteeMar 6 to Mar 7 · 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 Mar 6 – Mar 7

    1. Mar 6Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
    2. Mar 7Heard in Judiciary Committee
    All 2 actions, as published
    1. Mar 6REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Mar 7PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses