Connecticut legislation · 2025 General Assembly
Connecticut SB1502: AN ACT CONCERNING SENTENCE REDUCTION OR RELIEF FOR SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING OR HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Status: Introduced, March 11, 2025
AN ACT CONCERNING SENTENCE REDUCTION OR RELIEF FOR SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING OR HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
What the bill says
An act concerning sentence reduction or relief for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking or human trafficking. assembly convened.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT CONCERNING SENTENCE REDUCTION OR RELIEF FOR SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING OR HUMAN TRAFFICKING. Assembly convened: Section 1. Section 53a-35a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): [For] (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, for any felony committed on or after July 1, 1981, the sentence of imprisonment shall be a definite sentence and, unless the section of the general statutes that defines or provides the penalty for the crime specifically provides otherwise, the term shall be fixed by the court as follows: (1) (A) For a capital felony committed prior to April 25, 2012, under the provisions of section 53a-54b in effect prior to April 25, 2012, a term of life imprisonment without the possibility of release unless a sentence of death is imposed in accordance with section 53a-46a, or (B) for the class A felony of murder with special circumstances committed on or after April 25, 2012, under the provisions of section 53a-54b in effect on or after April 25, 2012, a term of life imprisonment without the LCO No. 6193 1 of Raised Bill No. 1502 possibility of release; (2) For the class A felony of murder, a term not less than twenty-five years nor more than life; …
Sponsors
- Joshua Elliott (D, 88) · primary sponsor
- Jillian Gilchrest (D, 18)
- Lucia Dathan (D, 142)
- Gary Turco (D, 27)
- David DeFronzo (D, 26)
- Kate Farrar (D, 20)
- Kadeem Roberts (D, 137)
- MD Rahman (D, 4)
- Maryam Khan (D, 5)
- Saud Anwar (D, 3)
- Anne Hughes (D, 135)
- Nicholas Menapace (D, 37)
Latest actions
- : Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
- : Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
- : Senate Calendar Number 395
- : File Number 742
- : Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/22/25 5:00 PM
- : Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
- : Joint Favorable Substitute
- : Public Hearing 03/17
- : Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary
Common questions
- What is SB1502?
- SB1502 is a bill in the Connecticut Legislature (2025 General Assembly): AN ACT CONCERNING SENTENCE REDUCTION OR RELIEF FOR SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING OR HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
- What does SB1502 do?
- In its own words: An act concerning sentence reduction or relief for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking or human trafficking. assembly convened.
- What is the status of SB1502?
- Introduced as of March 11, 2025. Latest action: Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office (April 23, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB1502?
- Joshua Elliott (D, 88), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB1502?
- On the Connecticut Legislature website: https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=SB01502&which_year=2025
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