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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5713
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 989
Referred to Committee on HOUSING
Introduced by:
REP. MCGEE, 5th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING INQUIRIES ABOUT THE CRIMINAL
CONVICTIONS OF A PROSPECTIVE TENANT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That title 8 of the general statutes be amended to prohibit a landlord 1
from inquiring about a prospective tenant's criminal convictions, 2
unless (1) the landlord has made an offer of housing or conditional 3
offer of housing to the prospective tenant, and (2) the landlord's 4
inquiry is limited to criminal convictions that occurred during the 5
seven-year period immediately preceding the landlord's offer of 6
housing or conditional offer of housing. 7
Statement of Purpose:
To prohibit landlords from inquiring about a prospective tenant's
criminal convictions before an offer of housing or conditional offer of
housing is made.