l9n/ Connecticut

2021 Regular Session

House Bill 5583

AN ACT CONCERNING EMERGENCY INTERVENTION BY A POLICE OFFICER WHEN A PERSON SUFFERS AN OVERDOSE.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Safety and Security Committee on March 4, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To allow a police officer to take a person into custody when the officer has reasonable cause to believe that such person is experiencing a drug overdose.

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

1 co-sponsor

Bill Buckbee

Its course

January 26 to March 4, 2021, 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 action4 actions on 4 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 26 to Mar 4 · stopped37 days

Public Safety and Security CommitteeJan 26 to Mar 4 · stopped37 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 Jan 26 – Feb 25

  1. Jan 26Introduced and sent to Public Safety and Security Committee
  2. Feb 25Heard in Public Safety and Security Committee
All 4 actions, as published
  1. Jan 26REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  2. Feb 11Reserved for Subject Matter Public HearingBoth houses
  3. Feb 25PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
  4. Mar 4Vote to DraftBoth houses