H.B. 5320, An Act Concerning Occupational Licensing and Building Trades

  • Status: Pending
  • Position: Support
  • Bill Number: H.B. 5320
  • Session: 2018
  • Latest Update: March 16, 2018
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Summary

The ACLU of Connecticut encourages the legislature to direct the Commissioner of the Department of Consumer Protection to create rules that ensure fair occupational licensing for people with criminal records.

This bill requires the Commissioner of the Department of Consumer Protection to create regulations "regarding occupational licensing and the building trades," and the ACLU of Connecticut encourages the legislature to further direct the commissioner to use these regulations as an opportunity to create rules that ensure fair occupational licensing for people with criminal records. There is evidence that removing barriers to employment for people with criminal convictions improves the wellbeing and strength of families and communities.

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ACLU-CT Advocates Speak Out for Fair Chance Employment

By giving people who have made mistakes a fairer chance to earn a job, the Connecticut Fair Chance Employment Act takes steps to make our state more just and equal. As the ACLU of Connecticut has testified, it has the potential to change lives. Advocates like Rafael, Nelson, Anderson, and Jonathan are speaking out to share their stories. They are people of faith, fathers, grandfathers, neighbors, business owners, and friends. We sat down to ask them for their "six word memoirs" about what "justice" and Fair Chance Employment mean to them. Here is what they had to say:

Portrait of Anderson, advocate for fair chance employment / ban the box in Connecticut

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