General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5923
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 641
*00641*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
REP. HEWETT, 39th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5923
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 641
*00641*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
REP. HEWETT, 39th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING VISIBLE TATTOOS ON STATE POLICE APPLICANTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That chapter 529 of the general statutes be amended to prohibit the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection from denying employment as a state police officer to any applicant based solely on the applicant's visible tattoo.
Statement of Purpose:
To prohibit the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection from disqualifying state police applicants on the basis of visible tattoos.