Connecticut legislation · 2025 General Assembly
Connecticut HB6760: AN ACT STRENGTHENING LAWS CONCERNING EVASION OF POLICE.
Status: Introduced, January 28, 2025
What the bill says
An act STRENGTHENING LAWS CONCERNING EVASION OF POLICE. Assembly convened: That (1) section 14-222 of the general statutes concerning negligent homicide with a motor vehicle be amended to raise the penalty for violating said section to a class C or D felony with a mandatory sentence of three to five years, (2) subsection (a) of section 14-223 of the general statutes concerning disobeying the signal of an officer be amended to raise the penalty for violating said subsection to a class A misdemeanor or class E felony, (3) subsection (b) of section 14-223 of the general statutes concerning engagi.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT STRENGTHENING LAWS CONCERNING EVASION OF POLICE. Assembly convened: That (1) section 14-222 of the general statutes concerning negligent homicide with a motor vehicle be amended to raise the penalty for violating said section to a class C or D felony with a mandatory sentence of three to five years, (2) subsection (a) of section 14-223 of the general statutes concerning disobeying the signal of an officer be amended to raise the penalty for violating said subsection to a class A misdemeanor or class E felony, (3) subsection (b) of section 14-223 of the general statutes concerning engaging a police officer in pursuit be amended to raise the penalty to a class E or D felony for a violation not resulting in serious injury or death, (4) section 14-224 of the general statutes concerning evasion of responsibility be amended to provide for a mandatory sentence of two years for causing serious injury to another person and a mandatory minimum sentence of five years for causing the death of another person, and (5) section 53a-57 of the general statutes concerning misconduct with a motor vehicle resulting in death be LCO No. 2896 1 of Proposed Bill No. 6760 amended to raise the penalty to a class C or B felony with a mandatory sentence of five to ten years with …
Sponsors
- Jill Barry (D, 31) · primary sponsor