Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00792 Compare Versions

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7	5		General Assembly Committee Bill No. 792
8	6		January Session, 2019
9	7		LCO No. 5970
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12	10		Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
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15	13		Introduced by:
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20	18		AN ACT CREATING AN A DVISORY COMMITTEE TO STUDY
21	19		DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF GENDER IDENTITY OR
22	20		EXPRESSION THAT OCCU RS IN WORKPLACES AND SCHOOLS IN
23	21		THE STATE.
24	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
25	23		Assembly convened:
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27	25		Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) The executive director of the 1
28	26		Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities shall establish an 2
29	27		advisory committee to examine state laws relating to the prohibition of 3
30	28		discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression in places 4
31	29		of employment and schools. 5
32	30		(b) The advisory committee shall consist of the executive director of 6
33	31		the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, or the executive 7
34	32		director's designee, the Commissioner of Education, or the 8
35	33		commissioner's designee, and five members appointed to the advisory 9
36	34		committee by the executive director, who have experience in one or 10
37	35		more of the following areas: (1) Drafting statutes or regulations, (2) 11
38	36		employment as a teacher or school administrator, (3) employment law, 12
39	37		(4) the impact and application of existing state law as related to gender 13
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	38	+	identity or expression, or (5) discrimination on the basis of gender 14
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47	44		identity or expression. When making appointments to the advisory 15
48	45		committee, the executive director, to the extent practicable, shall 16
49	46		appoint a member who is: (A) An administrator or teacher, or past 17
50	47		administrator or teacher, in a public school district, (B) a representative 18
51	48		of an organization whose work relates to the area of gender identity or 19
52	49		expression, (C) a representative of an organization that advocates for 20
53	50		the needs of individuals based on gender identity or expression, and 21
54	51		(D) an individual who has experienced discrimination on the basis of 22
55	52		gender identity or expression. The executive director, or the executive 23
56	53		director's designee, shall serve as chairperson of the advisory 24
57	54		committee. 25
58	55		(c) The advisory committee shall examine: (1) State law with regard 26
59	56		to protections from discrimination on the basis of gender identity or 27
60	57		expression in places of employment and schools, (2) legislative or 28
61	58		administrative action that is required to enhance such protections, and 29
62	59		(3) such other matters as may be agreed to by the members of such 30
63	60		committee. 31
64	61		(d) Not later than December 1, 2020, the executive director of the 32
65	62		Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, or the executive 33
66	63		director's designee, shall submit a report on the findings and 34
67	64		recommendations of the advisory committee to the joint standing 35
68	65		committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 36
69	66		relating to the judiciary, in accordance with the provisions of section 37
70	67		11-4a of the general statutes. 38
71	68		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
72	69		sections:
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74	71		Section 1 from passage New section
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	73	+	Statement of Purpose:
	74	+	To establish an advisory committee that shall examine how state laws
	75	+	may be enhanced in order to strengthen protections against
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	81	+	discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression that occurs
	82	+	in workplaces and schools.
	83	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	84	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	85	+	not underlined.]
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	87	+	Co-Sponsors: SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.; SEN. DUFF, 25th Dist.
	88	+	SEN. CASSANO, 4th Dist.; SEN. LESSER, 9th Dist.
	89	+	SEN. COHEN, 12th Dist.; SEN. ABRAMS, 13th Dist.
	90	+	SEN. MARONEY, 14th Dist.; SEN. MOORE, 22nd Dist.
	91	+	SEN. BRADLEY, 23rd Dist.; SEN. KUSHNER, 24th Dist.
	92	+	SEN. HASKELL, 26th Dist.; SEN. LEONE, 27th Dist.
	93	+	SEN. FLEXER, 29th Dist.; SEN. NEEDLEMAN, 33rd Dist.
	94	+	SEN. BERGSTEIN, 36th Dist.; REP. ELLIOTT, 88th Dist.
	95	+	REP. MICHEL, 146th Dist.
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