l9n/ Connecticut

2017 Regular Session

Senate Bill 888

AN ACT CONCERNING LIABILITY FOR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A DOG ASSIGNED TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.

Became law as Public Act 17-12, signed May 31, 2017, 98 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To create a rebuttable presumption that a household member of an officer, employee or other person paid by or acting as an agent of the Department of Correction who is assigned a police service dog is not the keeper of such police service dog under the dog bite statute.

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

Carlo Leone

In the House of Representatives

    5 co-sponsors

    Henry J. Genga, Terry B. Adams, Tami Zawistowski, Catherine F. Abercrombie, Joseph C. Serra

    Its course

    February 22 to May 31, 2017, 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 action19 actions on 12 days

    In the SenateFeb 22 to May 370 days

    Judiciary CommitteeFeb 22 to Mar 3137 days

    In the House of RepresentativesMay 3 to May 1714 days

    Waiting to be sentMay 17 to May 247 days

    With the GovernorMay 24 to May 317 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 22 โ€“ May 3

    1. Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
    2. Heard in Judiciary Committee
    3. Judiciary Committee recommended it
    4. Passed the Senate

    In the House of Representatives May 5 โ€“ May 17

    1. Arrived in the House of Representatives
    2. Passed the House of Representatives

    To the Governor May 23 โ€“ May 31

    1. Numbered Public Act 17-12
    2. Sent to the Secretary of the State
    3. Sent to the Governor
    4. Signed by the Governor
    All 19 actions, as published