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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-68a. - Certificate of noncompliance. Hiring freeze; exceptions.

(a) The commission may issue a certificate of noncompliance if the affirmative action plan required by section 46a-68 is disapproved.
(b) The issuance of a certificate of noncompliance shall bar the agency, department, board or commission in noncompliance with section 46a-68 from filling a position or position classification by hire or promotion upon receipt of the certificate, the provisions of any state law or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding, until: (1) The commission determines that the agency has achieved compliance with section 46a-68 and withdraws the certificate; or (2) the commission, at a hearing requested by the agency, department, board or commission receiving the certificate and conducted by a presiding officer appointed by the chairperson of the commission, is unable to show cause why the certificate of noncompliance should not be rescinded or a court, upon appeal, so determines; or (3) the Commissioner of Administrative Services and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management certify to the commission that the agency in noncompliance with section 46a-68 requires immediate filling of the vacancy because failure to fill the position or position classification will cause an emergency situation to exist jeopardizing the public welfare. A separate certificate of exemption shall be required for each vacancy in a position or position classification with respect to which the Commissioner of Administrative Services and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management certify that an emergency situation exists.
(c) Hearings under this section shall be conducted in accordance with sections 4-176e to 4-182, inclusive.
(d) The commission shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to implement this section.
(P.A. 83-569, S. 14, 17; P.A. 87-303; P.A. 88-317, S. 95, 99, 107.)
History: P.A. 87-303 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting requirement that two consecutive disapprovals be required for issuance of certificate of noncompliance; P.A. 88-317 substituted “presiding officer” for “hearing officer” in Subsec. (b), and amended reference to Secs. 4-177 to 4-182 in Subsec. (c) to include new sections added to Ch. 54, effective July 1, 1989, and applicable to all agency proceedings commencing on or after that date.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-68b. - Definitions.

As used in this section and sections 4a-60, 4a-60a, 4a-62, 46a-56 and 46a-68c to 46a-68k, inclusive: “Public works contract” means any agreement between any individual, firm or corporation and the state or any political subdivision of the state other than a municipality for construction, rehabilitation, conversion, extension, demolition or repair of a public building, highway or other changes or improvements in real property, or which is financed in whole or in part by the state, including, but not limited to, matching expenditures, grants, loans, insurance or guarantees and “municipal public works contract”, “quasi-public agency project” and “awarding agency” have the same meanings as provided in section 4a-60g.
(P.A. 88-351, S. 1, 16; P.A. 89-253, S. 1, 7; P.A. 91-58, S. 27; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 66.)
History: P.A. 88-351, S. 1 effective April 1, 1989; P.A. 89-253 changed references to Secs. 4-114a and 4-114c to Secs. 4a-60 and 4a-62, deleted definition of “commission”, amended definition of “public works contract” by adding “or any political subdivision of the state other than a municipality” and deleted definition of “contractor”; P.A. 91-58 added reference to Sec. 4a-60a; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 deleted reference to Sec. 4a-60g and added definitions of “municipal public works contract”, “quasi-public agency project” and “awarding agency”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-68e. - Contractors and subcontractors required to file compliance reports.

Each contractor shall file, and shall cause each of his subcontractors to file, with the commission such compliance reports at such times as the commission may direct. Compliance reports shall contain such information as to the practices, policies, programs and employment policies, employment programs, and employment statistics of the contractor and each subcontractor and be in such form as the commission may prescribe.
(P.A. 88-351, S. 5, 16.)
History: P.A. 88-351, S. 5 effective April 1, 1989.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-68f. - Compliance reports to include labor union practices.

Whenever the contractor or subcontractor has a collective bargaining agreement or other contract or understanding with a labor union or an agency referring workers or providing or supervising apprenticeship or training for such workers, the compliance report shall include information pertaining to such labor union's or agency's practices and policies affecting compliance, as the commission may prescribe; provided, to the extent such information is within the exclusive possession of a labor union or an agency referring workers or providing or supervising apprenticeship or training and such labor union or agency refuses to furnish information to the contractor, the contractor shall so certify to the commission as part of its compliance report and shall set forth what efforts have been made to obtain such information.
(P.A. 88-351, S. 6, 16.)
History: P.A. 88-351, S. 6 effective April 1, 1989.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-68g. - Prohibition against contracting with contractors who fail to comply with affirmative action requirements.

No awarding agency, or in the case of a municipal public works contract, no municipality, or in the case of a quasi-public agency project contract, no entity, shall enter into a contract with any bidder or prospective contractor unless the bidder or prospective contractor has satisfactorily complied with the provisions of sections 4a-60, 4a-60g, 46a-56 and 46a-68c to 46a-68f, inclusive, or submits a program for compliance acceptable to the commission.
(P.A. 88-351, S. 8, 16; P.A. 89-253, S. 6, 7; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 69.)
History: P.A. 88-351, S. 8 effective April 1, 1989; P.A. 89-253 deleted reference to Sec. “4-114a, 4-114c” and inserted “4a-60” in lieu thereof and deleted reference to Sec. 46a-68d; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 replaced reference to contracting agencies with reference to awarding agency, added reference to municipal public works contracts and quasi-public agency project contracts, and made technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-68h. - Hearing re noncompliance.

Section 46a-68h is repealed, effective July 1, 2007.
(P.A. 88-351, S. 9, 16; P.A. 90-271, S. 21, 24; P.A. 98-245, S. 10, 14; P.A. 07-142, S. 11.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-68i. - Right of appeal.

The commission or any contractor or subcontractor aggrieved by a decision of the hearing officer or human rights referee following a hearing held pursuant to subsection (c) of section 46a-56 shall have a right of appeal to the Superior Court as provided for in section 4-183. Such appeal shall be privileged in order of assignment of trial.
(P.A. 88-351, S. 10, 16; P.A. 90-271, S. 22, 24; P.A. 98-245, S. 11, 14; P.A. 07-142, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 88-351, S. 10 effective April 1, 1989; P.A. 90-271 substituted “hearing officer” for “hearing examiner”; P.A. 98-245 added reference to human rights referee, effective July 1, 1998, and applicable to all cases pending with the commission or in the courts and cases filed on or after said date; P.A. 07-142 inserted “following a hearing held” and replaced reference to Sec. 46a-68h with reference to Sec. 46a-56(c), effective July 1, 2007.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-68j. - Regulations.

The commission shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 for the purposes of sections 4a-60, 46a-56 and 46a-68b to 46a-68i, inclusive.
(P.A. 88-351, S. 12, 16.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-68k. - State or municipality may use own compliance program. Approval by commission. Regulations.

(a) If the commission determines an awarding agency or in the case of a municipal public works contract, a municipality, has a contract compliance program which is at least equivalent to the requirements and responsibilities of sections 4a-60 and 46a-68c to 46a-68f, inclusive, such agency or municipality, subject to the approval of the commission, may use its own compliance program. Any contractor who is a party to a public works contract with such agency or municipality may be relieved of the requirements and responsibilities of said sections, provided such contractor complies with the requirements of such agency's or municipality's contract compliance program.
(b) The commission shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to carry out the purposes of this section, including, but not limited to, establishing a procedure for such determination and approval.
(P.A. 88-351, S. 14, 16; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 70.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (a) to add references to municipal public works contract and to municipality.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-68l. - Working group to review commission regulations re affirmative action plans. Recommendations. Regulations to implement recommendations.

(a) Not later than July 1, 2011, the executive director of the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities shall convene a working group to review the commission's existing regulations governing affirmative action plans adopted in accordance with section 46a-68 and to recommend amendments to such regulations. Such working group shall consist of the executive director, or a designee, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or a designee, the Commissioner of Administrative Services, or a designee, and eight other members selected by the executive director who have experience in one or more of the following: (1) Drafting affirmative action plans for state agencies, (2) affirmative action law, (3) affirmative action education, or (4) the impact of affirmative action on minority communities. Such eight members shall include at least one representative of each of the following: (A) A regulation and protection agency, (B) a conservation and development agency, (C) a human services agency, (D) a transportation agency, and (E) an education agency. The executive director or said executive director's designee shall serve as chairperson of the working group.
(b) The working group shall examine and issue recommendations concerning (1) the elimination of unnecessary or redundant provisions of such regulations, (2) improvements in the use of state-wide data and systems, including, but not limited to, CORE-CT, Labor Department data and census data for efficient information collection concerning affirmative action plans, (3) whether all provisions of the regulations are in accordance with state and federal law and are constitutional, and (4) a reorganization of the regulations to streamline content and structure in order to provide a more useful resource for state agencies, departments, boards and commissions. Not later than November 1, 2011, the working group shall issue recommendations concerning amendments to such regulations.
(c) Not later than January 1, 2012, the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities shall publish notice of its intention to amend its regulations to implement the recommendations of the working group in the Connecticut Law Journal in accordance with the provisions of section 4-168.
(P.A. 11-51, S. 75; 11-61, S. 115.)
History: P.A. 11-51 effective June 30, 2011; P.A. 11-61 amended Subsec. (a) by adding executive director's designee re membership on working group and re alternative chairperson, effective June 21, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-69. - Discriminatory practices by state.

It shall be a discriminatory practice to violate any of the provisions of sections 46a-70 to 46a-78, inclusive.
(P.A. 80-422, S. 17.)
Cited. 16 CA 379.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-70a. - Judicial Branch equal employment opportunities plan. Compliance by Judicial Branch and Criminal Justice Commission.

(a) The Judicial Branch shall develop and implement an equal employment opportunities plan pursuant to federal law that commits the Judicial Branch to a program of equal employment opportunities in all aspects of personnel and administration. The Chief Court Administrator shall be responsible for developing, implementing and filing the plan with the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities.
(b) The Judicial Branch shall comply with the provisions of subsection (b) of section 46a-68, section 46a-68g, subsections (a), (b) and (c) of section 46a-70, subsections (a), (b) and (d) of section 46a-71, subsections (a) and (c) of section 46a-77, subsections (a), (b) and (c) of section 46a-81h and section 46a-81i.
(c) The Criminal Justice Commission shall comply with the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of section 46a-68, sections 46a-68g, 46a-70 and 46a-71, subsections (a) and (c) of section 46a-77 and sections 46a-81h and 46a-81i.
(P.A. 84-435, S. 5, 6; P.A. 06-152, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 84-435 effective July 1, 1985; P.A. 06-152 replaced former provisions with Subsec. (a) re judicial branch equal employment opportunities plan, Subsec. (b) re compliance by judicial branch and Subsec. (c) re compliance by Criminal Justice Commission, effective June 6, 2006.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-71. (Formerly Sec. 4-61d). - Discriminatory practices by state agencies prohibited.

(a) All services of every state agency shall be performed without discrimination based upon race, color, religious creed, sex, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, intellectual disability, mental disability, learning disability, physical disability, including, but not limited to, blindness, status as a veteran or status as a victim of domestic violence.
(b) No state facility may be used in the furtherance of any discrimination, nor may any state agency become a party to any agreement, arrangement or plan which has the effect of sanctioning discrimination.
(c) Each state agency shall analyze all of its operations to ascertain possible instances of noncompliance with the policy of sections 46a-70 to 46a-78, inclusive, and shall initiate comprehensive programs to remedy any defect found to exist.
(d) Every state contract or subcontract for construction on public buildings or for other public work or for goods and services shall conform to the intent of section 4a-60.
(1969, P.A. 790, S. 2, 3; P.A. 73-279, S. 8; P.A. 78-148, S. 3; P.A. 80-422, S. 19; P.A. 90-330, S. 7, 11; P.A. 01-28, S. 3; P.A. 11-55, S. 30; 11-129, S. 20; P.A. 17-127, S. 9; P.A. 22-82, S. 17.)
History: P.A. 73-279 prohibited discrimination based on physical disability including blindness; P.A. 78-148 prohibited discrimination based on mental retardation; P.A. 80-422 rephrased provisions, created Subsecs. (b) and (c) from provisions of Subsec. (a), redesignating former Subsec. (b) as (d), and substituted Sec. 4-61k for Sec. 4-61
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in Subsec. (c); Sec. 4-61d transferred to Sec. 46a-71 in 1981 and internal section references changed to reflect their transfer when necessary; P.A. 90-330 amended Subsec. (a) to include discrimination based upon learning disability; P.A. 01-28 amended Subsec. (a) by adding references to “marital status” and “mental disability”; P.A. 11-55 amended Subsec. (a) to prohibit discrimination based upon gender identity or expression; pursuant to P.A. 11-129, “mental retardation” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “intellectual disability” in Subsec. (a); P.A. 17-127 amended Subsec. (a) to add “status as a veteran”, and make technical changes; P.A. 22-82 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “status as a victim of domestic violence” and making technical changes.
See Sec. 1-1f for definitions of “blind” and “physically disabled”.
Annotation to former section 4-61d:
Cited. 165 C. 516.
Annotations to present section:
Cited. 236 C. 453.
Cited. 30 CA 463; 39 CA 216.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-72. (Formerly Sec. 4-61e). - Discrimination in job placement by state agencies prohibited.

(a) All state agencies, including educational institutions, which provide employment referrals or placement services to public or private employers, shall accept job orders on a nondiscriminatory basis.
(b) Any job request indicating an intention to exclude any person because of race, color, religious creed, sex, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, status as a veteran, status as a victim of domestic violence, intellectual disability, mental disability, learning disability or physical disability, including, but not limited to, blindness, shall be rejected, unless it is shown by such public or private employers that such disability prevents performance of the work involved.
(c) All state agencies shall cooperate in programs developed by the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities initiated for the purpose of broadening the base for job recruitment and shall further cooperate with all employers and unions providing such programs.
(d) The Labor Department shall encourage and enforce employers and labor unions to comply with the policy of sections 46a-70 to 46a-78, inclusive, and promote equal employment opportunities.
(1969, P.A. 790, S. 4; P.A. 73-279, S. 9; P.A. 78-148, S. 4; P.A. 79-631, S. 1, 111; P.A. 80-422, S. 20; P.A. 90-330, S. 8, 11; P.A. 01-28, S. 4; P.A. 11-55, S. 31; 11-129, S. 20; P.A. 17-127, S. 10; P.A. 18-72, S. 45; P.A. 22-82, S. 18.)
History: P.A. 73-279 prohibited discrimination based on physical disability including blindness and qualified that prohibition by adding “unless it is shown ... that such disability prevents performance of the work involved”; P.A. 78-148 prohibited discrimination on basis of mental retardation; P.A. 79-631 replaced Sec. 4-61b with Sec. 4-61c in Subsec. (c); P.A. 80-422 substituted “nondiscriminatory” for “fair practice” in Subsec. (a), created new Subsec. (b) from provisions formerly in (a) and relettered former Subsecs. (b) and (c) accordingly, substituting Sec. 4-61k for Sec. 4-61
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where occurring; Sec. 4-61e transferred to Sec. 46a-72 in 1981 and other section numbers referred to in section changed as necessary to reflect their transfer; P.A. 90-330 amended Subsec. (b) to include reference to learning disabilities; P.A. 01-28 amended Subsec. (b) by adding references to “marital status” and “mental disability”; P.A. 11-55 amended Subsec. (b) to add reference to gender identity or expression; pursuant to P.A. 11-129, “mental retardation” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “intellectual disability” in Subsec. (b); P.A. 17-127 amended Subsec. (b) to add “status as a veteran”, and make technical changes; P.A. 18-72 amended Subsec. (b) to make technical changes; P.A. 22-82 amended Subsec. (b) by adding “status as a victim of domestic violence,”.
See Sec. 1-1f for definitions of “blind” and “physically disabled”.
Cited. 236 C. 453.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-73. (Formerly Sec. 4-61f). - Discrimination in state licensing and charter procedures prohibited.

(a) No state department, board or agency may grant, deny or revoke the license or charter of any person on the grounds of race, color, religious creed, sex, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, status as a veteran, status as a victim of domestic violence, intellectual disability, mental disability, learning disability or physical disability, including, but not limited to, blindness, unless it is shown by such state department, board or agency that such disability prevents performance of the work involved.
(b) Each state agency shall take such appropriate action in the exercise of its licensing or regulatory power as will ensure equal treatment of all persons and eliminate discrimination and enforce compliance with the policy of sections 46a-70 to 46a-78, inclusive.
(1969, P.A. 790, S. 5; P.A. 73-279, S. 10; P.A. 78-148, S. 5; P.A. 79-631, S. 2, 111; P.A. 80-422, S. 21; P.A. 01-28, S. 5; P.A. 11-55, S. 32; 11-129, S. 20; P.A. 17-127, S. 11; P.A. 18-72, S. 46; P.A. 22-82, S. 19.)
History: P.A. 73-279 prohibited discrimination in licensing matters on basis of physical disability including blindness and qualified prohibition by adding “unless it is shown ... that such disability prevents performance of the work involved”; P.A. 78-148 prohibited discrimination on basis of mental retardation; P.A. 79-631 substituted Sec. 4-61c for Sec. 4-61b; P.A. 80-422 divided section into Subsecs. and substituted Sec. 4-61k for Sec. 4-61
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; Sec. 4-61f transferred to Sec. 46a-73 in 1981 and internal section references changed as necessary to reflect their transfer; P.A. 01-28 amended Subsec. (a) by adding references to “marital status”, “mental disability” and “learning disability”; P.A. 11-55 amended Subsec. (a) to add reference to gender identity or expression; pursuant to P.A. 11-129, “mental retardation” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “intellectual disability” in Subsec. (a); P.A. 17-127 amended Subsec. (a) to add “status as a veteran”, and make technical changes; P.A. 18-72 amended Subsec. (a) to make technical changes; P.A. 22-82 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “status as a victim of domestic violence,”.
See Sec. 1-1f for definitions of “blind” and “physically disabled”.
Annotation to former section 4-61f:
Cited. 165 C. 516.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-74. (Formerly Sec. 4-61g). - State agencies not to permit discriminatory practices in professional or occupational associations, public accommodations or housing or on basis of erased criminal records information.

No state department, board or agency may permit any discriminatory practice in violation of section 46a-59, 46a-64, 46a-64c, 46a-80b to 46a-80e, inclusive, or 46a-80k to 46a-80m, inclusive.
(1969, P.A. 790, S. 6; P.A. 80-422, S. 22; P.A. 90-246, S. 8; P.A. 21-32, S. 29.)
History: P.A. 80-422 rephrased section; Sec. 4-61g transferred to Sec. 46a-74 in 1981; P.A. 90-246 deleted reference to the Public Accommodations Act and substituted reference to Sec. 49a-59, 46a-64 or 46a-64c; P.A. 21-32 added references to Secs. 46a-80b, 46a-80c, 46a-80d, 46a-80e, 46a-80k, 46a-80
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and 46a-80m, effective January 1, 2023.
See Secs. 46a-89, 46a-89a, 46a-90a re injunctive relief and damages in cases involving discriminatory public accommodation practices.
See Sec. 46a-94 re appeals.
Annotation to former section 4-61g:
Cited. 165 C. 516.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-75. (Formerly Sec. 4-61h). - Discrimination in educational and vocational programs prohibited.

(a) All educational, counseling, and vocational guidance programs and all apprenticeship and on-the-job training programs of state agencies, or in which state agencies participate, shall be open to all qualified persons, without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, intellectual disability, mental disability, learning disability, physical disability, including, but not limited to, blindness, status as a veteran or status as a victim of domestic violence.
(b) Such programs shall be conducted to encourage the fullest development of the interests, aptitudes, skills, and capacities of all students and trainees, with special attention to the problems of culturally deprived, educationally handicapped, learning disabled, economically disadvantaged, or physically disabled, including, but not limited to, blind persons.
(c) Expansion of training opportunities under these programs shall be encouraged so as to involve larger numbers of participants from those segments of the labor force where the need for upgrading levels of skill is greatest.
(1969, P.A. 790, S. 7; P.A. 73-279, S. 11; P.A. 78-148, S. 6; P.A. 80-422, S. 23; P.A. 90-330, S. 9, 11; P.A. 01-28, S. 6; P.A. 11-55, S. 33; 11-129, S. 20; P.A. 17-127, S. 12; P.A. 22-82, S. 20.)
History: P.A. 73-279 prohibited discrimination based on physical disability including blindness; P.A. 78-148 prohibited discrimination based on mental retardation; P.A. 80-422 divided section into Subsecs. and made slight change in wording of Subsec. (c); Sec. 4-61h transferred to Sec. 46a-75 in 1981; P.A. 90-330 added references to persons with learning disabilities in Subsecs. (a) and (b); P.A. 01-28 amended Subsec. (a) by adding references to “marital status” and “mental disability”; P.A. 11-55 amended Subsec. (a) to add reference to gender identity or expression; pursuant to P.A. 11-129, “mental retardation” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “intellectual disability” in Subsec. (a); P.A. 17-127 amended Subsec. (a) to add “status as a veteran”, and make technical changes; P.A. 22-82 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “status as a victim of domestic violence” and making technical changes.
See Sec. 1-1f for definitions of “blind” and “physically disabled”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-76. (Formerly Sec. 4-61i). - Discrimination in allocation of state benefits prohibited.

(a) Race, color, religious creed, sex, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, intellectual disability, mental disability, learning disability, physical disability, including, but not limited to, blindness, status as a veteran or status as a victim of domestic violence, shall not be considered as limiting factors in state-administered programs involving the distribution of funds to qualify applicants for benefits authorized by law.
(b) No state agency may provide grants, loans or other financial assistance to public agencies, private institutions or organizations which discriminate.
(1969, P.A. 790, S. 8; P.A. 73-279, S. 12; P.A. 78-148, S. 7; P.A. 80-422, S. 24; P.A. 90-330, S. 10, 11; P.A. 01-28, S. 7; P.A. 11-55, S. 34; P.A. 17-127, S. 13; P.A. 22-82, S. 21.)
History: P.A. 73-279 prohibited discrimination on basis of physical disability including blindness; P.A. 78-148 prohibited discrimination on basis of mental retardation; P.A. 80-422 divided section into Subsecs. and restated provisions; Sec. 4-61i transferred to Sec. 46a-76 in 1981; P.A. 90-330 added reference to “learning disability”; P.A. 01-28 amended Subsec. (a) by adding references to “marital status” and “mental disability”; P.A. 11-55 amended Subsec. (a) to add reference to gender identity or expression (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (a), “mental retardation” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “intellectual disability” to conform with changes made by P.A. 11-129); P.A. 17-127 amended Subsec. (a) to add “status as a veteran”, and make technical changes; P.A. 22-82 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “status as a victim of domestic violence” and making technical changes.
See Sec. 1-1f for definitions of “blind” and “physically disabled”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-77. (Formerly Sec. 4-61j). - Cooperation with commission required of state agencies. Compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act.

(a) All state agencies shall cooperate with the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities in their enforcement and educational programs.
(b) All state agencies shall comply with the commission's request for information concerning practices inconsistent with the state policy against discrimination and shall consider its recommendations for effectuating and implementing that policy.
(c) Each state agency shall comply in all of its services, programs and activities with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 USC 12101) to the same extent that it provides rights and protections for persons with physical or mental disabilities beyond those provided for by the laws of this state.
(d) The commission shall continue to augment its enforcement and education programs which seek to eliminate all discrimination.
(1969, P.A. 790, S. 9; P.A. 80-422, S. 25; P.A. 01-28, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 80-422 divided section into Subsecs. and made minor changes in wording; Sec. 4-61j transferred to Sec. 46a-77 in 1981; P.A. 01-28 added new Subsec. (c) requiring state agencies to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act and redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (d).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-78. (Formerly Sec. 4-61k). - Annual agency reports to Governor. Review by commission.

(a) All departments, agencies, commissions and other bodies of the state government shall include in their annual report to the Governor, activities undertaken in the past year to effectuate sections 46a-70 to 46a-78, inclusive.
(b) Such reports shall cover both internal activities and external relations with the public or with other state agencies and shall contain other information as specifically requested by the Governor.
(c) The information in the annual reports required under the provisions of this section shall be reviewed by the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities for the purpose of monitoring compliance with the provisions of sections 46a-70 to 46a-78, inclusive.
(1969, P.A. 790, S. 10; P.A. 78-14; P.A. 79-631, S. 3, 111; P.A. 80-422, S. 26.)
History: P.A. 78-14 required that commission on human rights and opportunities review annual report information to monitor compliance with Secs. 4-61b to 4-61
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; P.A. 79-631 substituted Sec. 4-61c for Sec. 4-61b; P.A. 80-422 divided section into Subsecs. and substituted Sec. 4-61k for Sec. 4-61
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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-79. (Formerly Sec. 4-61n). - State policy re employment of criminal offenders.

The General Assembly finds that the public is best protected when criminal offenders are rehabilitated and returned to society prepared to take their places as productive citizens and that the ability of returned offenders to find meaningful employment is directly related to their normal functioning in the community. It is therefore the policy of this state to encourage all employers to give favorable consideration to providing jobs to qualified individuals, including those who may have conviction information, as defined in section 54-142g. Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit any employer to refuse to hire or employ or to bar or to discharge from employment or to discriminate against an individual in compensation or in terms of employment on the basis of such individual's erased criminal history record information, as defined in section 46a-80a.
(P.A. 73-347, S. 1, 7; P.A. 80-422, S. 27; P.A. 21-32, S. 30; P.A. 22-37, S. 20.)
History: P.A. 80-422 substituted “therefore” for “therefor”; Sec. 4-61n transferred to Sec. 46a-79 in 1981; P.A. 21-32 replaced reference to criminal conviction records with reference to conviction information and added prohibition on construing section to permit employer to refuse to hire or employ or to bar or to discharge from employment or discriminate against an individual based on erased criminal history record information, effective January 1, 2023; P.A. 22-37 made technical changes effective January 1, 2023.
Cited. 43 CS 13.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-80a. - (Note: This section is effective January 1, 2023.) Discrimination on basis of erased criminal history record information: Definitions.

For purposes of this section, sections 8-265c and 8-315, subsection (b) of section 10a-6, and sections 31-51i, 38a-358, 38a-447, 46a-74, 46a-79, 46a-80, 46a-80b to 46a-80n, inclusive, and 46a-81:
(1) “Commission” means the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities created by section 46a-52;
(2) “Criminal history record information” means court records and information obtained from the Judicial Department or any criminal justice agency relating to arrests, releases, detentions, indictments, informations or other formal criminal charges or any events and outcomes arising from those arrests, releases, detentions, including pleas, trials, sentences, appeals, incarcerations, correctional supervision, paroles and releases, outstanding judgments and any other conviction information, as defined in section 54-142g;
(3) “Employer” includes the state and all political subdivisions of the state and means any person or employer with one or more persons in such person's or employer's employ;
(4) “Erased criminal history record information” means (A) criminal history record information that has been erased pursuant to section 54-142a or 54-76o, or any other provision of the general statutes or other operation of law; (B) information relating to persons granted youthful offender status pursuant to section 46b-146; and (C) continuances of a criminal case that are more than thirteen months old; and
(5) “Place of public accommodation, resort or amusement” means any establishment that caters or offers its services or facilities or goods to the general public, including, but not limited to, any commercial property or building lot on which it is intended that a commercial building will be constructed or offered for sale or rent.
(P.A. 21-32, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 21-32 effective January 1, 2023.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-80b. - Discrimination on basis of erased criminal history record information: Deprivation of rights.

On and after January 1, 2023, it shall be a discriminatory practice for any person to subject, or cause to be subjected, any other person to the deprivation of any rights, privileges or immunities, secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of this state or of the United States, on account of a person's erased criminal history record information.
(P.A. 21-32, S. 11.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-80d. - Discrimination on basis of erased criminal history record information: Employment.

On and after January 1, 2023, it shall be a discriminatory practice for: (1) An employer or employer's agent, representative or designee to discriminate against that person in compensation or in terms, conditions or privileges of employment on the basis of that person's erased criminal history record information, (2) any employment agency to fail or refuse to classify properly or refer for employment or otherwise to discriminate against any person on the basis of that person's erased criminal history record information, (3) a labor organization, on the basis of the erased criminal history record information of any person, to exclude from full membership rights or to expel from its membership that person or to discriminate in any way against any of its members or against any employer or any individual employed by an employer, or (4) any person, employer, employment agency or labor organization, to advertise employment opportunities in such a manner as to restrict such employment so as to discriminate against persons on the basis of their erased criminal history record information.
(P.A. 21-32, S. 16.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-80e. - Discrimination on basis of erased criminal history record information: Associations of licensed persons.

(a) On and after January 1, 2023, it shall be a discriminatory practice for any association, board or other organization the principal purpose of which is the furtherance of the professional or occupational interests of its members, whose profession, trade or occupation requires a state license, to refuse to accept a person as a member of such association, board or organization solely on the basis of that person's erased criminal history record information.
(b) Any association, board or other organization that violates the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars or more than five hundred dollars.
(P.A. 21-32, S. 17.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-80f. - Discrimination on basis of erased criminal history record information: Equal employment in state agencies.

On and after January 1, 2023, state officials and supervisory personnel shall recruit, appoint, assign, train, evaluate and promote state personnel on the basis of merit and qualifications, without regard for erased criminal history record information.
(P.A. 21-32, S. 18.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-80g. - Discrimination on basis of erased criminal history record information: Licensing practices of state agencies.

On and after January 1, 2023, no state department, board or agency may grant, deny or revoke the license or charter of any person on the basis of that person's erased criminal history record information, except that the Department of Motor Vehicles may consider erased criminal history record information to the extent required by 49 CFR 384, as amended from time to time.
(P.A. 21-32, S. 19.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-80h. - Discrimination on basis of erased criminal history record information: Educational and vocational programs of state agencies.

On and after January 1, 2023, all educational, counseling and vocational guidance programs and all apprenticeship and on-the-job training programs of state agencies, or in which state agencies participate, shall be open to all qualified persons, without regard to a person's erased criminal history record information.
(P.A. 21-32, S. 20.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-80i. - Discrimination on basis of erased criminal history record information: Allocation of state benefits.

On and after January 1, 2023, erased criminal history record information shall not be considered as a limiting factor in state-administered programs involving the distribution of funds to qualify applicants for benefits authorized by law.
(P.A. 21-32, S. 21.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-80j. - Discrimination on basis of erased criminal history record information: Services of state agencies.

On and after January 1, 2023, services of every state agency shall be performed without discrimination on the basis of erased criminal history record information.
(P.A. 21-32, S. 22.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-80k. - Discrimination on basis of erased criminal history record information: Public accommodations.

On and after January 1, 2023, it shall be a discriminatory practice to:
(1) Deny any person within the jurisdiction of this state full and equal accommodations in any place of public accommodation, resort or amusement on the basis of that person's erased criminal history record information, subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to all persons; or
(2) Discriminate, segregate or separate on account of erased criminal history record information.
(P.A. 21-32, S. 23.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-80l. - Discrimination on basis of erased criminal history record information: State system of higher education.

On and after January 1, 2023, it shall be a discriminatory practice for the state system of higher education to deny a person the opportunity for higher education on the basis of erased criminal history record information.
(P.A. 21-32, S. 24.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-80m. - Discrimination on basis of erased criminal history record information: Credit practices.

On and after January 1, 2023, it shall be a discriminatory practice for any creditor to discriminate on the basis of erased criminal record history information, against any person eighteen years of age or over in any credit transaction.
(P.A. 21-32, S. 26.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-81. (Formerly Sec. 4-61r). - Statutes controlling law enforcement agencies excepted.

(a) Except as provided in section 36a-489, the provisions of sections 46a-79 to 46a-81, inclusive, shall prevail over any other provisions of law which purport to govern the denial of licenses, permits, certificates, registrations, or other means to engage in an occupation, trade, vocation, business or profession, on the grounds of a lack of good moral character, or which purport to govern the suspension or revocation of a license, permit, certificate or registration on the grounds of conviction information, as defined in section 54-142g.
(b) Sections 46a-79 to 46a-81, inclusive, shall not be applicable to any law enforcement agency, provided nothing herein shall be construed to preclude a law enforcement agency in its discretion from adopting the policy set forth in said sections.
(P.A. 73-347, S. 6, 7; P.A. 80-422, S. 29; P.A. 09-209, S. 25; P.A. 21-32, S. 32.)
History: P.A. 80-422 made minor changes in wording and added Subsec. (b) re applicability of Secs. 4-61n, 4-61o and 4-61r to law enforcement agencies; Sec. 4-61r transferred to Sec. 46a-81 in 1981 and internal section references changed as necessary to reflect their transfer; P.A. 09-209 amended Subsec. (a) by adding exception for Sec. 36a-489; P.A. 21-32 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing reference to conviction of crime with reference to conviction information, effective January 1, 2023.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-81a. - Sexual orientation discrimination: Definitions.

For the purposes of sections 4a-60a and 46a-81b to 46a-81q, inclusive, “sexual orientation” means having a preference for heterosexuality, homosexuality or bisexuality, having a history of such preference or being identified with such preference, but excludes any behavior which constitutes a violation of part VI of chapter 952.
(P.A. 91-58, S. 1; P.A. 09-13, S. 14; P.A. 13-81, S. 16.)
History: P.A. 09-13 replaced reference to Sec. 46a-81r with reference to Sec. 46a-81q, effective April 23, 2009; P.A. 13-81 deleted reference to Sec. 45a-726a, effective July 1, 2013.
Cited. 236 C. 453.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-81aa. - Gender identity or expression discrimination: Religious organizations.

The provisions of subsection (a) of section 4a-60, subsection (c) of section 8-169s, section 8-265c, subsection (c) of section 8-294, section 8-315, subsection (a) of section 10-15c, section 10-153, subsection (b) of section 10a-6, subsection (a) of section 11-24b, sections 16-245r and 16-247r, subsection (b) of section 28-15, section 31-22p, subsection (e) of section 31-57e, sections 32-277, 38a-358 and 42-125a, subsection (c) of section 42-125b, subsection (a) of section 46a-58, subsection (a) of section 46a-59, subsection (b) of section 46a-60, subsection (a) of section 46a-64, subsections (a) and (e) of section 46a-64c, subsection (a) of section 46a-66, subsection (a) of section 46a-70, subsection (a) of section 46a-71, subsection (b) of section 46a-72, subsection (a) of section 46a-73, subsection (a) of section 46a-75, subsection (a) of section 46a-76, subsections (b) and (c) of section 52-571d and section 53-37a that prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression shall not apply to a religious corporation, entity, association, educational institution or society with respect to the employment of individuals to perform work connected with the carrying on by such corporation, entity, association, educational institution or society of its activities, or with respect to matters of discipline, faith, internal organization or ecclesiastical rule, custom or law which are established by such corporation, entity, association, educational institution or society.
(P.A. 11-55, S. 37; P.A. 13-299, S. 25; P.A. 17-118, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 13-299 deleted reference to Sec. 32-204, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 17-118 replaced reference to Sec. 46a-60(a) with reference to Sec. 46a-60(b).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 46a - Human Rights › Chapter 814c - Human Rights and Opportunities › Section 46a-81b. - Sexual orientation discrimination: Associations of licensed persons.

(a) It shall be a discriminatory practice in violation of this section for any association, board or other organization the principal purpose of which is the furtherance of the professional or occupational interests of its members, whose profession, trade or occupation requires a state license, to refuse to accept a person as a member of such association, board or organization because of such person's sexual orientation.
(b) Any association, board or other organization which violates the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars or more than five hundred dollars.
(P.A. 91-58, S. 2; P.A. 07-217, S. 169.)
History: P.A. 07-217 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective July 12, 2007.
Cited. 232 C. 91; 236 C. 453.