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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5930
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 2481
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. FARRAR, 20th Dist.
AN ACT PROMOTING DIVERSITY ON CORPORATE BOARDS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That title 33 of the general statutes be amended to require that any 1
business corporation that has its principal place of business in this state 2
shall: (1) Disclose in state filings the racial, ethnic and gender diversity 3
of its boards of directors; (2) have at least one director from an 4
underrepresented community on its board of directors, by either filling 5
an open seat on the board of directors with such person or by adding a 6
seat to the board of directors that is filled by such person; and (3) engage 7
in ongoing education, reporting and compliance to fulfill the goal of 8
equitable representation on its corporate boards. 9
Statement of Purpose:
To advance the goal of having equitable and diverse representation on
corporate boards of any corporation with a principal place of business
in this state.