Legislation

The ACLU of Connecticut takes an active role in every session of the state legislature to support bills that advance civil liberties and oppose those that do not. We have testified before the legislature hundreds of times and have taken leading roles in the struggles to repeal the death penalty, fight racial profiling, challenge police practices, advocate for decarceation and an end to discrimination against people living with a criminal record, protect and expand LGBT rights, and prevent encroachment on the right to free speech.

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Six ACLU-CT Smart Justice leaders and friends sit and crouch in front of the CT Capitol building. They are smiling, wearing blue "people not prisons" shirts, and the sun is shining.
Jul 17, 2023

Smart Justice 2023 Legislative Testimony

Smart Justice

Smart Justice was at the Capitol day in and day out this year, fighting for a healthier, freer Connecticut.

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Apr 5, 2023
SB 1068
ACLU of Connecticut ACLU-CT Legislative Testimony
ACLU of Connecticut ACLU-CT Legislative Testimony
Apr 5, 2023
SB 1068

SB 1068, An Act Concerning the Department of Public Health’s Recommendations Regarding a Human Immunodeficiency Virus Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Drug Assistance Program

Privacy

Senate Bill 1068 would provide financial assistance to uninsured and underinsured people who need pre-exposure or post-exposure prophylaxis who cannot pay for preventative HIV medicines. No person should...

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Apr 5, 2023
SB 1133
ACLU of Connecticut ACLU-CT Legislative Testimony
ACLU of Connecticut ACLU-CT Legislative Testimony
Apr 5, 2023
SB 1133

SB 1133, An Act Limiting a Finding of Neglect or Risk of Injury to a Child in Certain Circumstances

Criminal Legal System
Position: Support

Senate Bill 1133 erects reasonable guardrails on DCF’s ability to interfere with parents’ reasonable exercise of discretion in terms of independence and autonomy granted to their children

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Apr 5, 2023
HB 6660
ACLU of Connecticut ACLU-CT Legislative Testimony
ACLU of Connecticut ACLU-CT Legislative Testimony
Apr 5, 2023
HB 6660

HB 6660, An Act Implementing the Governor’s Budget Recommendations for General Government

Voting Rights
Position: Support

The ACLU-CT strongly supports measures to ensure equal access to the ballot box, like early voting. Without fully funding for equitable early voting in Connecticut, an early voting plan is meaningless.

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Apr 5, 2023
SR 42
ACLU of Connecticut ACLU-CT Legislative Testimony
ACLU of Connecticut ACLU-CT Legislative Testimony
Apr 5, 2023
SR 42

SR 42, A Resolution Proposing a State Constitutional Amendment Concerning a Right to Privacy

Reproductive Freedom
Position: Support

As the U.S. Supreme Court has turned its back on nearly fifty years of precedent on the right to privacy, a lack of access to reproductive health services, including abortion, is already threatening people’...

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Apr 5, 2023
HB 6916
ACLU of Connecticut ACLU-CT Legislative Testimony
ACLU of Connecticut ACLU-CT Legislative Testimony
Apr 5, 2023
HB 6916

HB 6916, An Act Concerning the Correction Advisory Committee

Criminal Legal System
Position: Support

The ACLU-CT supports efforts to ensure that advisory boards and oversight committees are impartial from the government entities that they oversee.

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