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A bill to prevent drownings advanced in Hartford Tuesday morning.
Last August, 6-year-old Jaseh Martinez fell off a pier on the Housatonic River in Stratford.
On Tuesday, a legislative panel advanced a new law requiring children under 12 to wear a life jacket on any public dock or pier.
Some towns worry that the bill is vague and could open them up to lawsuits.
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