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3 | 3 | LCO No. 2481 1 of 1 | |
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5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5930 | |
6 | 6 | January Session, 2021 | |
7 | 7 | LCO No. 2481 | |
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10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY | |
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13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
14 | 14 | REP. FARRAR, 20th Dist. | |
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18 | 18 | AN ACT PROMOTING DIVERSITY ON CORPORATE BOARDS. | |
19 | 19 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
20 | 20 | Assembly convened: | |
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22 | 22 | That title 33 of the general statutes be amended to require that any 1 | |
23 | 23 | business corporation that has its principal place of business in this state 2 | |
24 | 24 | shall: (1) Disclose in state filings the racial, ethnic and gender diversity 3 | |
25 | 25 | of its boards of directors; (2) have at least one director from an 4 | |
26 | 26 | underrepresented community on its board of directors, by either filling 5 | |
27 | 27 | an open seat on the board of directors with such person or by adding a 6 | |
28 | 28 | seat to the board of directors that is filled by such person; and (3) engage 7 | |
29 | 29 | in ongoing education, reporting and compliance to fulfill the goal of 8 | |
30 | 30 | equitable representation on its corporate boards. 9 | |
31 | 31 | Statement of Purpose: | |
32 | 32 | To advance the goal of having equitable and diverse representation on | |
33 | 33 | corporate boards of any corporation with a principal place of business | |
34 | 34 | in this state. |