Legislation

It is important that the legislature explicitly authorize the Attorney General to advocate on behalf of the people of Connecticut by filing civil rights lawsuits.

The ACLU-CT opposes this bill, which would create a task force to study the arming of school security officers in schools and allow schools to use school security officers in schools and allow schools to use school security infrastructure competitive grant funds to hire school security officers.

Each terminally ill person should have the right to make their own decisions about how to spend their final days and how to face death.

The ACLU-CT supports this bill to ensure indigent people accused of crimes have the legal representation they are guaranteed by our constitution.

The ACLU of Connecticut supports this bill to create more fairness and justice in our criminal justice system.

The ACLU-CT supports this bill, which would require the implementation of policies and procedures regarding the production and retail sale of marijuana to prioritize participation in the industry by people from communities that have been disproportionately harmed by marijuana prohibition.

The ACLU-CT supports meaningful reform to empower people who have experienced sexual harassment and violence. While the ACLU-CT does not oppose movement to reassess Connecticut’s statutes of limitations for sexual assault, we oppose S.B. 3’s proposals to eliminate statutes of limitations altogether.

The Sentencing Commission’s recommendations included in Senate Bill 1113 will make the sexual offender registry more effective and fair. However, as introduced, this bill has a serious constitutional vulnerability.

The ACLU-CT supports this bill to increase access to data about the work of the Board of Pardons and Paroles and to include justice-impacted people and victims on the Board of Pardons and Paroles.