Bill Text: CT HB06403 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 6403 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Licenses And Previously Incarcerated Individuals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-23 - Referred to Joint Committee on General Law [HB06403 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB06403-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 6403*
*January Session, 2017*		LCO No. 1994
		01994
Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
REP. MCGEE, 5th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING LICENSES AND PREVIOUSLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS.

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

That the general statutes be amended to specify that an individual who has satisfied requirements needed to obtain a license while incarcerated, who applies for the license upon release from incarceration and who is otherwise eligible for the license shall not be subject to a delay in processing or a denial of the license solely on the basis that some or all of the licensure requirements were completed while the individual was incarcerated.

Statement of Purpose:

To ensure fairness in the licensing of previously incarcerated individuals.