l9n/ Connecticut

2014 Regular Session

House Bill 5221

AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CONNECTICUT SENTENCING COMMISSION REGARDING LENGTHY SENTENCES FOR CRIMES COMMITTED BY A CHILD OR YOUTH AND THE SENTENCING OF A CHILD OR YOUTH CONVICTED OF CERTAIN FELONY OFFENSES.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on April 14, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) provide for automatic review of sentences served by persons who were under eighteen years of age when they committed their crimes, and (2) provide guidelines for the sentencing of juveniles convicted of Class A, B and C felonies and enact provisions to comply with the United States Supreme Court decision in Miller v. Alabama.

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

16 co-sponsors

Juan R. Candelaria, Toni E. Walker, Bruce V. Morris, James M. Albis, Charlie L. Stallworth, Victor Cuevas, Roland J. Lemar, Hilda E. Santiago, Prasad Srinivasan M.D., Christina "Tita" M. Ayala, Philip J. Miller, Brandon L. McGee Jr., Russell A. Morin, Minnie Gonzalez, Cecilia Buck-Taylor, Robyn A. Porter

In the Senate

    3 co-sponsors

    Andres Ayala Jr., Edward Meyer, Gary A. Holder-Winfield

    Its course

    February 18 to April 14, 2014, 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 action12 actions on 8 days

    In the House of RepresentativesFeb 18 to Apr 1051 days

    Judiciary CommitteeFeb 18 to Mar 1020 days

    In the SenateApr 10 to Apr 14 · stopped4 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 House of Representatives Feb 18 – Apr 10

    1. Feb 18Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
    2. Feb 27Heard in Judiciary Committee
    3. Mar 10Judiciary Committee recommended a substitute for it
    4. Apr 10Passed the House of Representatives

    In the Senate Apr 14

    1. Apr 14Arrived in the Senate
    All 12 actions, as published
    1. Feb 18REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 27PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 10Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
    4. Mar 11FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Mar 21REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    6. Mar 27RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    7. Mar 27FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    8. Mar 27HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
    9. Mar 27FILE NO.Both houses
    10. Apr 10HOUSE PASSEDHouse of Representatives
    11. Apr 14FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    12. Apr 14SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate