Bill Text: CT HB05299 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Requiring 9-1-1 Calls To Be Routed To The Nearest Public Safety Answering Point.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-24 - Vote to Draft [HB05299 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB05299-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5299
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 126
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
REP. SREDZINSKI, 112th Dist.

AN ACT REQUIRING 9-1-1 CALLS TO BE ROUTED TO THE NEAREST PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINT.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That chapter 518a of the general statutes be amended to require that a 9-1-1 call be routed to the nearest public safety answering point based on the geographical location from which the 9-1-1 call originated.

Statement of Purpose:

To require 9-1-1 calls be routed to the nearest public safety answering point.