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 LGBTQIA+ rights, and prevent encroachment on the right to free speech.
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S.B. 402 recognizes the state's police complaint process is broken. Rather than forcing police misconduct victims to navigate a confusing process, wait for years, and never see complaints resolved, the...
In Connecticut, family members and friends of people killed by police, and the public, wait an average of 14 months for the release of an investigative final public report on a fatal shooting incident. Some...
Connecticut residents who have been convicted of a felony are faced with discrimination when attempting to purchase life insurance policies. We therefore strongly encourage the legislature to support House...
The ACLU-CT supports the goal of protecting public safety, but we are very concerned about the practical and legal problems that the proposed registry would create. We urge the legislature to oppose this...
The ACLU-CT believes in equality for all people, no matter how much money they have, where they are from, or where their parents are from. By providing all people, regardless of immigration status, with the...
The ACLU of Connecticut works to ensure that all women have equal access to employment, free from discrimination. The ACLU-CT strongly encourages the legislature to support Senate Bill 765, a bill to ensure...