General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5112
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 247
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. PISCOPO, 76th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5112
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 247
*00247*
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. PISCOPO, 76th Dist.
AN ACT MAKING ENGLISH THE OFFICIAL STATE LANGUAGE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to designate English as the official state language and to provide that: (1) Neither the state nor any political subdivision of the state may require the use of any language other than English; (2) state government officials and employees may only use English for the performance of government business; (3) no government document shall be valid unless it is printed in English; and (4) the state and all political subdivisions of the state shall take all reasonable steps to preserve the role of English as the official state language, except the requirements of subdivisions (1) to (4), inclusive, shall not apply to the use of another language (A) to assist students who are not proficient in the English language, (B) to provide foreign language instruction as part of an education curriculum, (C) on the state seal and on government documents when the other language is Latin, (D) to permit legislators to communicate with constituents, (E) to comply with federal law, (F) to protect public health and safety, (G) to protect the rights of criminal defendants or crime victims, and (H) to allow for the printing of proper names.
Statement of Purpose:
To make English the official state language.