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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 792
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)
AN ACT CREATING AN A DVISORY COMMITTEE TO STUDY
DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF GENDER IDENTITY OR
EXPRESSION THAT OCCU RS IN WORKPLACES AND SCHOOLS IN
THE STATE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) The executive director of the 1
Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities shall establish an 2
advisory committee to examine state laws relating to the prohibition of 3
discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression in places 4
of employment and schools. 5
(b) The advisory committee shall consist of the executive director of 6
the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, or the executive 7
director's designee, the Commissioner of Education, or the 8
commissioner's designee, and five members appointed to the advisory 9
committee by the executive director, who have experience in one or 10
more of the following areas: (1) Drafting statutes or regulations, (2) 11
employment as a teacher or school administrator, (3) employment law, 12
(4) the impact and application of existing state law as related to gender 13
identity or expression, or (5) discrimination on the basis of gender 14
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identity or expression. When making appointments to the advisory 15
committee, the executive director, to the extent practicable, shall 16
appoint a member who is: (A) An administrator or teacher, or past 17
administrator or teacher, in a public school district, (B) a representative 18
of an organization whose work relates to the area of gender identity or 19
expression, (C) a representative of an organization that advocates for 20
the needs of individuals based on gender identity or expression, and 21
(D) an individual who has experienced discrimination on the basis of 22
gender identity or expression. The executive director, or the executive 23
director's designee, shall serve as chairperson of the advisory 24
committee. 25
(c) The advisory committee shall examine: (1) State law with regard 26
to protections from discrimination on the basis of gender identity or 27
expression in places of employment and schools, (2) legislative or 28
administrative action that is required to enhance such protections, and 29
(3) such other matters as may be agreed to by the members of such 30
committee. 31
(d) Not later than December 1, 2020, the executive director of the 32
Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, or the executive 33
director's designee, shall submit a report on the findings and 34
recommendations of the advisory committee to the joint standing 35
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 36
relating to the judiciary, in accordance with the provisions of section 37
11-4a of the general statutes. 38
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To establish an advisory committee that shall examine how state laws
may be enhanced in order to strengthen protections against
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discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression that occurs
in workplaces and schools.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.; SEN. DUFF, 25th Dist.
SEN. CASSANO, 4th Dist.; SEN. LESSER, 9th Dist.
SEN. COHEN, 12th Dist.; SEN. ABRAMS, 13th Dist.
SEN. MARONEY, 14th Dist.; SEN. MOORE, 22nd Dist.
SEN. BRADLEY, 23rd Dist.; SEN. KUSHNER, 24th Dist.
SEN. HASKELL, 26th Dist.; SEN. LEONE, 27th Dist.
SEN. FLEXER, 29th Dist.; SEN. NEEDLEMAN, 33rd Dist.
SEN. BERGSTEIN, 36th Dist.; REP. ELLIOTT, 88th Dist.
REP. MICHEL, 146th Dist.
S.B. 792