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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Senate Bill 820, An Act Concerning a State Voting Rights Act

Improving voting rights and voting access strengthens democracy, since voting is the foundation of democracy itself.

March 29, 2021

House Bill 6193, An Act Subjecting Certain Nonstate Entities that Serve a Governmental Function to the Freedom of Information Act and the Codes of Ethics

Few things ensure that a government effectively serves its people as much as transparency.

March 29, 2021

House Bill 6662, An Act Declaring Racism as a Public Health Crisis and Establishing the Commission on Racial Equity in Public Health

The ACLU-CT is an organization dedicated to racial equity in civil society. One deeply disturbing way that racism shows up is in the health care people can access and in the health outcomes for people of color, particularly Black people.

March 29, 2021

Senate Bill 5, An Act Concerning Increased Opportunities for Absentee Voting, Safe and Secure In-Person Voting and Voter Registration

Voting is the foundation of democracy, the right through which all our other rights are protected and preserved.

March 29, 2021

Senate Bill 1074 and House Bill 6651, Each An Act Concerning Various Provisions Related to Government Administration and COVID-19, but Opposing Section 7 in Each Bill

One of the most crucial ways that people can have a voice in their government is to observe, participate in, testify at, and attend the meetings of local
government.

March 29, 2021

House Bill 6209, An Act Establishing Juneteenth Independence Day as a Legal Holiday

One way that racism has persisted in the U.S. is through a denial of U.S. history and an erasure of the history of Black people in the U.S. This shows up, for example, in the holidays we honor as a society

March 25, 2021