Legislation

As an organization committed to defending civil liberties under the U.S. and Connecticut Constitutions, the ACLU-CT strongly supports measures to ensure transparent public safety practices. House Bill 5922 would increase transparency regarding police uses of force in Connecticut.

Before Connecticut rushes into implementing a roadside test for marijuana, the state should study all options and consult experts in the area to ensure that people’s rights are not violated by the use of such tests.

The ACLU-CT supports the goal of protecting public safety, but we are very concerned about the practical and legal problems that the proposed registry would create. We urge the legislature to oppose this bill.

The ACLU-CT believes in equality for all people, no matter how much money they have, where they are from, or where their parents are from. By providing all people, regardless of immigration status, with the same access to affordable health insurance, House Bill 6093 upholds each of these ideals.

The ACLU of Connecticut works to ensure that all women have equal access to employment, free from discrimination. The ACLU-CT strongly encourages the legislature to support Senate Bill 765, a bill to ensure Connecticut workers receive fair and equal pay for equal work.

Connecticut residents who have been convicted of a felony are faced with discrimination when attempting to purchase life insurance policies. We therefore strongly encourage the legislature to support House Bill 5517, which would stop this form of discrimination.

S.B. 402 recognizes the state's police complaint process is broken. Rather than forcing police misconduct victims to navigate a confusing process, wait for years, and never see complaints resolved, the legislature should pass this bill to create a state office to handle complaints against police.

In Connecticut, family members and friends of people killed by police, and the public, wait an average of 14 months for the release of an investigative final public report on a fatal shooting incident. Some have been forced to wait three years. We encourage the legislature to support H.B. 5757.

The ACLU-CT supports the rights of all people, including formerly incarcerated people who are on parole. We support this bill, which we believe would allow the Board of Pardons and Parole to ensure that special parole is only used for as long as is necessary.