Connecticut HB6596: AN ACT CONCERNING THE PREVENTION OF FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION.

What the bill says

An act CONCERNING THE PREVENTION OF FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION. Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to (1) require the Department of Public Health to develop an education program concerning the prevention of female genital mutilation, (2) allow for a civil action for female genital mutilation, and (3) prohibit female genital mutilation in the state. Statement of Purpose: To raise awareness of and prohibit female genital mutilation in the state. LCO No. 2914 1 of.

From the introduced text:

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PREVENTION OF FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION. Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to (1) require the Department of Public Health to develop an education program concerning the prevention of female genital mutilation, (2) allow for a civil action for female genital mutilation, and (3) prohibit female genital mutilation in the state. Statement of Purpose: To raise awareness of and prohibit female genital mutilation in the state. LCO No. 2914 1 of

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Sponsors

• Jillian Gilchrest (D, 18) · primary sponsor
• Michael Quinn (D, 82)
• Joshua Elliott (D, 88)
• Dominique Johnson (D, 143)
• Susan Johnson (D, 49)
• Melissa Osborne (D, 16)
• Jennifer Leeper (D, 132)
• Kate Farrar (D, 20)
• Eleni Kavros DeGraw (D, 17)