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Apr 05, 2023
SB 926, An Act Concerning Persons Committed to the Jurisdiction of the Psychiatric Security Review Board
The ACLU-CT believes that people receiving treatment in psychiatric facilities, no matter the security level of those facilities, are entitled to dignity and to their constitutionally protected rights.
Apr 05, 2023
SB 1222, An Act Concerning Fees for Copying, Reviewing, and Redacting Records Created By Police Body-Worn Equipment and Dashboard Cameras
The public should never have to pay to access records kept by the government, and that includes recordings captured by police body and dashboard cameras.
Apr 05, 2023
HB 5824, An Act Reforming the Bail System, and HJR 261, Resolution Proposing an Amendment to the State Constitution to Revise Requirements Relating to the Offering of Bail or Pretrial Release to Persons Accused of a Crime
We cannot jail our way into a lower gun violence rate or real public safety. Real public safety requires investing in programs and services that make us safe, not violent systems like incarceration and policing.
Apr 05, 2023
HB 6916, An Act Concerning the Correction Advisory Committee
The ACLU-CT supports efforts to ensure that advisory boards and oversight committees are impartial from the government entities that they oversee.
Apr 05, 2023
SB 1231, An Act Concerning a Defendant’s Competency to Stand Trial and Early Release into the Community
The ACLU-CT is an organization dedicated to ending mass incarceration and eliminating systemic racism in the criminal legal system.
Apr 05, 2023
HB 6918, An Act Concerning Erasure of Criminal History Records
In 2021, the ACLU-CT supported Clean Slate, a bill that automatically erases criminal records after a defined conviction-free period. HB 6918 makes clarifying changes to Clean Slate to increase its coverage.
Apr 05, 2023
SB 9, An Act Concerning Health and Wellness for Connecticut Residents
The ACLU-CT believes that all people deserve equal access to reproductive health services. The ACLU-CT opposes criminal prohibition of drugs.
Apr 05, 2023
SB 1133, An Act Limiting a Finding of Neglect or Risk of Injury to a Child in Certain Circumstances
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
Mar 21, 2023
HB 6875, An Act Concerning the Issuance of a State Identification Card or Motor Vehicle Operator’s License to a Person Being Discharged from a Correctional Facility
HB 6875 would provide concrete direction to DOC by ensuring that it creates a simple system to make sure that all people receive access to the proper state issued identification as they leave prison.
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