Senate Passes Bipartisan Bills Strengthening Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking Laws
#Hartford - Last week the Connecticut Senate passed two bills aimed at combating domestic violence and human trafficking in Connecticut. House Bill 7299, An Act Concerning Strengthening Laws Concerning Domestic Violence, passed the Senate in a bipartisan, unanimous vote. The bill strengthens domestic violence laws in Connecticut and increases penalties for stalking and other forms of violence against women by amending criminal statutes governing stalking to include social media, telephone, and other forms of harassment, tracking and intimidation, and strengthens penalties for those convicted of stalking. It also reclassifies suffocation under the strangulation statutes, and enhances the penalty for violation of the conditions of release of an offender. “It is critical that our domestic violence laws adapt…