Substitute House Bill No. 6921
Public Act No. 19-142
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A COUNCIL ON THE COL LATERAL
CONSEQUENCES OF A CR IMINAL RECORD.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) There is established a
Council on the Collateral Consequences of a Criminal Record, which
shall be part of the Legislative Department. The Council on the
Collateral Consequences of a Criminal Record shall study
discrimination faced by people in Connecticut living with a criminal
record and develop recommendations for legislation to reduce or
eliminate discrimination based on a person's criminal history.
(b) The council shall consist of the following members: (1) The
House chairperson of the joint standing committee of the General
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to labor and public
employees or the chairperson's designee, who shall be a member of the
General Assembly; (2) the Senate chairperson of the joint standing
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters
relating to labor and public employees or the chairperson's designee,
who shall be a member of the General Assembly; (3) the House and
Senate ranking members or their designees, who shall be members of
the General Assembly; (4) the undersecretary of the Office of Policy
and Management Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division, or the Substitute House Bill No. 6921
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undersecretary's designee; (5) the Commissioner of Correction, or the
commissioner's designee; (6) The Labor Commissioner, or the
commissioner's designee; (7) the Commissioner of Consumer
Protection, or the commissioner's designee; (8) the executive director of
the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, or
the executive director's designee; (9) the executive director of the
Commission on Equity and Opportunity, or the executive director's
designee; (10) a justice-impacted person, to be appointed by the House
chairperson of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly
having cognizance of matters relating to labor and public employees;
(11) a representative from the American Civil Liberties Union of
Connecticut, to be appointed by the Senate chairperson of the joint
standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of
matters relating to labor and public employees; (12) a representative
from the Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now, to be appointed
by the House chairperson of the joint standing committee of the
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to labor and
public employees; (13) a representative from the Connecticut Coalition
to End Homelessness, to be appointed by the Senate chairperson of the
joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance
of matters relating to labor and public employees; (14) a representative
from the Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy, to be appointed
by the House chairperson of the joint standing committee of the
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to labor and
public employees; (15) a representative from the Katal Center for
Health, Equity, and Justice, to be appointed by the Senate chairperson
of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having
cognizance of matters relating to labor and public employees; (16) a
representative from the National Council for Incarcerated and
Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls, to be appointed by the
House chairperson of the joint standing committee of the General
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to labor and public
employees; (17) a representative from the New Haven Legal Assistance Substitute House Bill No. 6921
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Association Reentry Clinic, to be appointed by the Senate chairperson
of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having
cognizance of matters relating to labor and public employees; (18) a
representative from the Service Employees' International Union, Local
32BJ, to be appointed by the House chairperson of the joint standing
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters
relating to labor and public employees; and (19) a representative from
Voices of Women of Color, to be appointed by the Senate chairperson
of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having
cognizance of matters relating to labor and public employees.
(c) The House and Senate chairpersons of the joint standing
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters
relating to labor and public employees shall serve as the chairpersons
of the council.
(d) The chairpersons of the council shall schedule the first meeting
of the council, which shall be held not later than sixty days after the
effective date of this section. Thereafter, the council shall meet upon
the call of the chairpersons or upon the call of a majority of the council
members. The council shall hold not less than three public forums in
Connecticut communities to allow the public to provide input on the
focus of the council.
(e) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to labor and
public employees shall serve as administrative staff of the council.
(f) Not later than February 1, 2020, the council shall submit a report,
in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general
statutes, on its legislative recommendations to the joint standing
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters
relating to labor and public employees. Substitute House Bill No. 6921
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