l9n/ Connecticut

2009 Regular Session

Senate Bill 357

AN ACT CONCERNING EYEWITNESS IDENTIFICATION.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary Committee on March 20, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To improve the reliability of eyewitness identification by establishing procedures for conducting a police photographic or live lineup including having a lineup administrator who does not know which person is suspected as the perpetrator, informing the eyewitness that the perpetrator might not be in the lineup and presenting the persons or photographs in a lineup sequentially rather than simultaneously.

Sponsors

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

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

Martin M. Looney

Its course

January 22 to March 20, 2009, 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 action5 actions on 5 days

In the SenateJan 22 to Mar 20 · stopped57 days

Judiciary CommitteeJan 22 to Mar 20 · stopped57 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 Jan 22 – Mar 20

  1. Jan 22Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
  2. Feb 18Drafted as a bill by Judiciary Committee
  3. Feb 19Sent to Judiciary Committee
  4. Mar 20Heard in Judiciary Committee
All 5 actions, as published
  1. Jan 22REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  2. Feb 18DRAFTED BY COMMITTEEBoth houses
  3. Feb 9Vote to DraftBoth houses
  4. Feb 19REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  5. Mar 20PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses