Archive for April 10, 2009
These bills made it! (Proposed legislation)
Apr 10th
As I mentioned in my last post on bills that died, there was mix of good and bad among the bills that passed through the judiciary committee and have a chance of making it into our statute books. Leave it to me, your trusty intrepid CT legal reporter, to tell you which bills are good and bad.
Bills I’d like to see pass:
- An act concerning disease prevention in the correctional system
- An act concerning Larceny (increases the monetary thresholds for larcenies)
- The prospective death penalty abolition bill
- An act changing the distance from schools/public housing projects, etc within which drugs sellers are subject to additional penalties. The change is from 1500 feet to 200 feet!
- An act requiring the Risk Assessment Board to determine what, if any, provisions of the AWA to adopt and to determine a risk assessment procedure.
- An act establishing a permanent sentencing commission.
- An act making the possession of 1 oz or less of marijuana an infraction.
- An act eliminating the requirement that defendants need a prosecutor’s permission before seeking a sentence modification.
- An act concerning the attorney occupational tax (exemption state employees from paying the tax)
Bills that really shouldn’t pass:
- An act increasing the penalty for engaging an officer in pursuit
- An act making the failure to report a crime an A misdemeanor punishable by 1 year in prison.
- An act extending collection of DNA to people convicted of misdemeanors.
I think that’s it! Did I miss anything? Did I miss your favorite bill? Let me know in the comments.
Rest in Peace, good bill, your time will come
Apr 10th
It’s that time of year – when the legislature’s committees are done discussing, when one party has successfully blocked discussion and vote on other bills and the few stragglers that made it through leave behind a myriad of bills that died on the floor. Some of these bills are truly dead, some have a whisper of a chance – either for this year as add-ons to bills that made it through, or next year, because they’re persistent little sobs.
So, in honor of Good Friday (no, not really, don’t get mad at me and leave a 1000 comments), here are three Good Bills that died this year in committee, and two “it’s Good these Bills died in committee”:
If you like these things, you’re a poseur
Apr 10th
That's just not cool, Bill! Poseur!
That’s right. I said it. You’re a poseur if you like…
1. You’re over 25 and you’re hooked on Facebook. Seriously, what’s that about? Start a blog or something. Facebook is for your kids.
2. Heavy metal. I thought the point of music was to understand and appreciate the music and lyrics. When was the last time you understood the words coming out of the mouth of a heavy metal-ist? And don’t say 1980, because even back then no one understood; the only difference was that everyone was high on something or the other so it didn’t matter.
3. Will Ferrell. He’s. Just. Not. Funny. At. All. I mean, seriously. The dude is crass, loud and just not funny! But, then again, if #1 applies to you, then #3 probably will too. [Fine, I'll add one exception here: SNL's Celebrity Jeopardy. But that was all Darrell Hammond.]
4. Bonus item: Anything from Starbucks. You’re paying for fancy names people. The “coffee” costs $0.35, the thought process that went into “triple-grande-mocha-frappachino-venti-ridiculato” costs $2.50. The taste is worth my $0.02.
Other things that suck: Sushi, pinot grigio and soccer.
Your turn, Heather, S and Anne. (Yes, this is some sort of silly meme. Pass it along and don’t get offended.)
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