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Legislation
Mar 26, 2018
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  • Criminal Legal System

S.B. 486, An Act Concerning Notification to Boards of Education of the Release of a Juvenile Sexual Offender and a Model Policy Concerning the Reentry of Such Juveniles into the School System

Legislation
Mar 26, 2018
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  • Criminal Legal System

H.B. 5531, An Act Concerning Enhanced Employment Opportunities for Incarcerated Individuals

Legislation
Mar 26, 2018
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  • Criminal Legal System

S.B. 14, An Act Concerning Special Parole for High-Risk, Violent and Sexual Offenders

The ACLU of Connecticut supports this bill, which would take important steps toward curbing this astounding uptick in Connecticut's use of special parole.
Legislation
Mar 26, 2018
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  • Criminal Legal System

S.B. 509, An Act Concerning Newly Discovered Evidence

Legislation
Mar 26, 2018
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  • Criminal Legal System

S.B. 507, H.B. 5465, and H.B. 5547, Bills Concerning the Earned Risk Reduction Credit Program

Legislation
Mar 19, 2018
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  • Criminal Legal System

S.B. 487, An Act Concerning the Legalization, Taxation and Regulation of the Retail Sale and Recreational Use of Marijuana and Concerning the Production and Regulation of Hemp

This bill to fully legalize marijuana presents a chance for our state to further honor individual privacy rights, prevent discrimination, and remedy the disparate burdens that marijuana prohibition has placed on youth, communities of color, and poor communities throughout our state.
Legislation
Mar 16, 2018
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  • Criminal Legal System|
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H.B. 5458, An Act Concerning the Regulation of the Retail Sale of Marijuana

The War on Marijuana, like the War on Drugs overall, has been a failure. It has torn apart families and communities, ruined individuals’ lives, and acted as a vehicle for racial injustice.
Legislation
Mar 16, 2018
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  • Criminal Legal System

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

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.
Legislation
Mar 16, 2018
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  • Voting Rights|
  • +1 Issue

H.B. 5418, An Act Restoring Electoral Privileges to Felony Convicts who are on Parole