Legislation

Voting is a foundation of democracy, a right through which we can protect and preserve our other rights. The ACLU-CT wholeheartedly supports ending felony disenfranchisement entirely and ensuring that voting is truly accessible in Connecticut’s prisons.

HB 6732 is an important measure in addressing the racial and income disparities in the quality of drinking water in nursery schools and preschools.

The ACLU-CT unwaveringly supports the constitutional right to seek an abortion. As anti-abortion politicians across the country deny our freedom and obstruct access to abortion, the ACLU-CT supports legislation that increases access to abortion.

All people in Connecticut have a right to safe, stable, and affordable housing.

The most frequent way that police come into contact with community members is through traffic enforcement. As with many types of policing, traffic enforcement disproportionately impacts Black and brown people.

Deceptive interrogation tactics are outdated and ineffective threats to justice. SB 1071 would be a first step toward ending this deceitful manipulation of children, who are some of the most vulnerable people in interrogations.

The ACLU-CT believes that everyone deserves access to safe, sanitary, and affordable housing, including justice-impacted people.

People in Connecticut cannot have a future here if they cannot afford a place to live. Everybody needs a safe, sanitary, and stable place to live, which builds prosperous communities.

The ACLU-CT believes that all children deserve access to education in buildings where children can thrive and have their basic health needs met with potable drinking water, functioning air conditioning, and proper ventilation.