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2023 Regular Session

House Bill 6874

AN ACT CONCERNING JUDICIAL BRANCH OPERATIONS, THE SHARING OF JUDICIAL BRANCH RECORDS AND THE AWARD OF DAMAGES IN CERTAIN CIVIL MATTERS.

Became law as Public Act 23-46, signed June 13, 2023, 98 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To: (1) Eliminate the requirement that the parties to a dissolution or legal separation action wait ninety days after the return date before proceeding on such action, (2) expand access to juvenile and youthful offender proceedings to the next of kin of victims, (3) specify that information obtained and results of the risk and behavioral health screening shall be used for the purpose of identifying appropriate treatment and interventions for a child, (4) require the Victim Services Unit within the Department of Correction to inform a crime victim, who is registered with said unit, of the Board of Pardons and Paroles intent to consider terminating the period of special parole that was imposed on the person committing the crime, (5) include enhanced penalties for assaults on Judicial Branch personnel providing post-conviction secure detention and programming services to juveniles adjudicated of a delinquent act, (6) remove obsolete statutory references to "family with service needs", (7) revise statutes relating to the sharing of certain Judicial Branch records, (8) address the award of damages in certain employment related matters, (9) establish the crime of intimidating a judge or family support magistrate, (10) repeal obsolete statutes concerning messengers employed by the Judicial Branch, (11) change the name of the judicial district of Fairfield to the judicial district of Bridgeport, and (12) make technical and conforming statutory changes.

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

Its course

March 7 to June 13, 2023, 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 action18 actions on 12 days

In the House of RepresentativesMar 7 to May 1064 days

Judiciary CommitteeMar 7 to Mar 2821 days

In the SenateMay 10 to Jun 223 days

Waiting to be sentJun 2 to Jun 75 days

With the GovernorJun 7 to Jun 136 days

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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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 Mar 7 – May 10

  1. Mar 7Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
  2. Mar 10Heard in Judiciary Committee
  3. Mar 28Judiciary Committee recommended a substitute for it
  4. May 10Passed the House of Representatives

In the Senate May 12 – Jun 2

  1. May 12Arrived in the Senate
  2. Jun 2Passed the Senate

To the Governor Jun 6 – Jun 13

  1. Jun 6Numbered Public Act 23-46
  2. Jun 7Sent to the Secretary of the State
  3. Sent to the Governor
  4. Jun 13Signed by the Governor
All 18 actions, as published
  1. Mar 7REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  2. Mar 10PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
  3. Mar 28Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
  4. Mar 29FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  5. Apr 10REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
  6. Apr 17RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  7. Apr 17FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
  8. Apr 17HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
  9. Apr 17FILE NO.Both houses
  10. May 10HOUSE PASSEDHouse of Representatives
  11. May 12FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
  12. May 12SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
  13. Jun 2SENATE PASSEDSenate
  14. Jun 2IN CONCURRENCESenate
  15. Jun 6PUBLIC ACTBoth houses
  16. Jun 7TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATEBoth houses
  17. Jun 7TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNORGovernor
  18. Jun 13SIGNED BY GOVERNORGovernor