Connecticut HB 5178: AN ACT CONCERNING A CRIME VICTIM'S PARTICIPATORY RIGHTS IN A VIOLATION OF PROBATION HEARING.

Status: REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary (as of 2023-01-11)

State: Connecticut · Session: 2023 · Bill: HB 5178

Subjects: Crime victims, Probation, Violation of conditions of release

Sponsors: Fishbein, Craig C.

Bill Text

LCO No. 184 1 of 1

General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5178
January Session, 2023 LCO No. 184

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY

Introduced by:
REP. FISHBEIN, 90th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING A CRIME VICTIM'S PARTICIPATORY RIGHTS
IN A VIOLATION OF PROBATION HEARING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

That section 53a-32 of the general statutes be amended to afford a 1
crime victim the same participatory rights in a hearing concerning a 2
violation of probation that he or she is afforded in a hearing concerning 3
early termination of probation pursuant to section 53a-29 of the general 4
statutes.5
Statement of Purpose:
To ensure that a crime victim has participatory rights in any hearing
concerning a violation of probation by the person who committed the
criminal act.

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