l9n/ Connecticut

2021 Regular Session

Senate Bill 760

AN ACT PROHIBITING PUBLICATION OF AN IMAGE OR A VIDEO OF A FATAL ACCIDENT UNTIL A FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Government Administration and Elections Committee on March 5, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To prohibit members of the news media from publishing images or videos of a fatal accident scene prior to notification of a family or household member of the fatality.

Sponsors

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

In the Senate

4 co-sponsors

Mae Flexer, Jorge Cabrera, Dan Champagne, Will Haskell

In the House of Representatives

    16 co-sponsors

    Brian T. Smith, Tammy Nuccio, Robin Green, Holly H. Cheeseman, William A. Petit Jr., M.D., Jeff Currey, Jason Doucette, Tom Delnicki, Kurt Vail, Ben McGorty, Donna Veach, Michael D'Agostino, Whit Betts, Cristin McCarthy Vahey, Jennifer Leeper, Harry Arora

    Its course

    January 29 to March 5, 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 action5 actions on 5 days

    In the SenateJan 29 to Mar 5 · stopped35 days

    Government Administration and Elections CommitteeJan 29 to Mar 5 · stopped35 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 29 – Mar 5

    1. Jan 29Introduced and sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
    2. Mar 3Drafted as a bill by Government Administration and Elections Committee
    3. Mar 4Sent to Government Administration and Elections Committee
    4. Mar 5Heard in Government Administration and Elections Committee
    All 5 actions, as published
    1. Jan 29REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 10Vote to DraftBoth houses
    3. Mar 3DRAFTED BY COMMITTEEBoth houses
    4. Mar 4REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    5. Mar 5PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses