Legislation

Police traffic stops are the most common form of interaction between people and police. H.B. 5324, An Act Establishing Secondary Traffic Violations, would help to end low-level traffic stops in the state for violations that do not impact public safety but do increase racial disparities in policing.

Smart Justice was at the Capitol day in and day out this year, fighting for a healthier, freer Connecticut.

Electronic monitoring does not lower incarceration rates, it is not rehabilitative, and it is not cost-effective.

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.

The ACLU-CT strongly supports measures to ensure equal access to the ballot box, like early voting. Without fully funding for equitable early voting in Connecticut, an early voting plan is meaningless.

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

Among the most vulnerable people who become enmeshed in the criminal legal system are young people under the age of eighteen, who suffer unique harms due to their involvement in the criminal legal system and are more likely to experience even wider racial disparities than exist for adults.

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.

All people deserve access to affordable and quality health care. Senate Bills 1202, 1203, and 1205 are all aimed at making health care in this state accessible, whether it be through relief from medical debt, affordable prescription drugs, or expanding access to peer recovery support groups.