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7		-	General Assembly ~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 6376
	5	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6376
8	6		January Session, 2021
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	10	+	Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
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	13	+	Introduced by:
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14	19		AN ACT CREATING A RESPECTFUL AND OPEN WO RLD FOR
15	20		NATURAL HAIR.
16	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
17	22		Assembly convened:
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19		-	Section 1. Section 46a-51 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
20		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2
21		-	As used in section 4a-60a and this chapter: 3
22		-	(1) "Blind" refers to an individual whose central visual acuity does 4
23		-	not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting lenses, or whose 5
24		-	visual acuity is greater than 20/200 but is accompanied by a limitation 6
25		-	in the fields of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field 7
26		-	subtends an angle no greater than twenty degrees; 8
27		-	(2) "Commission" means the Commission on Human Rights and 9
28		-	Opportunities created by section 46a-52; 10
29		-	(3) "Commission legal counsel" means a member of the legal staff 11
30		-	employed by the commission pursuant to section 46a-54; 12
31		-	(4) "Commissioner" means a member of the commission; 13
32		-	(5) "Court" means the Superior Court or any judge of said court; 14 Substitute Bill No. 6376
	24	+	Section 1. Section 46a-51 of the 2020 supplement to the general 1
	25	+	statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 2
	26	+	(Effective from passage): 3
	27	+	As used in section 4a-60a and this chapter: 4
	28	+	(1) "Blind" refers to an individual whose central visual acuity does 5
	29	+	not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting lenses, or whose 6
	30	+	visual acuity is greater than 20/200 but is accompanied by a limitation 7
	31	+	in the fields of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field 8
	32	+	subtends an angle no greater than twenty degrees; 9
	33	+	(2) "Commission" means the Commission on Human Rights and 10
	34	+	Opportunities created by section 46a-52; 11
	35	+	(3) "Commission legal counsel" means a member of the legal staff 12
	36	+	employed by the commission pursuant to section 46a-54; 13 Raised Bill No. 6376
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39		-	(6) "Discrimination" includes segregation and separation; 15
40		-	(7) "Discriminatory employment practice" means any discriminatory 16
41		-	practice specified in section 46a-60 or 46a-81c; 17
42		-	(8) "Discriminatory practice" means a violation of section 4a-60, 4a-18
43		-	60a, 4a-60g, 31-40y, subparagraph (C) of subdivision (15) of section 46a-19
44		-	54, subdivisions (16) and (17) of section 46a-54, section 46a-58, 46a-59, 20
45		-	46a-60, 46a-64, 46a-64c, 46a-66, 46a-68, 46a-68c to 46a-68f, inclusive, or 21
46		-	46a-70 to 46a-78, inclusive, subsection (a) of section 46a-80 or sections 22
47		-	46a-81b to 46a-81o, inclusive; 23
48		-	(9) "Employee" means any person employed by an employer but shall 24
49		-	not include any individual employed by such individual's parents, 25
50		-	spouse or child; 26
51		-	(10) "Employer" includes the state and all political subdivisions 27
52		-	thereof and means any person or employer with three or more persons 28
53		-	in such person's or employer's employ; 29
54		-	(11) "Employment agency" means any person undertaking with or 30
55		-	without compensation to procure employees or opportunities to work; 31
56		-	(12) "Labor organization" means any organization which exists for the 32
57		-	purpose, in whole or in part, of collective bargaining or of dealing with 33
58		-	employers concerning grievances, terms or conditions of employment, 34
59		-	or of other mutual aid or protection in connection with employment; 35
60		-	(13) "Intellectual disability" means intellectual disability as defined in 36
61		-	section 1-1g; 37
62		-	(14) "Person" means one or more individuals, partnerships, 38
63		-	associations, corporations, limited liability companies, legal 39
64		-	representatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers and the state 40
65		-	and all political subdivisions and agencies thereof; 41
66		-	(15) "Physically disabled" refers to any individual who has any 42 Substitute Bill No. 6376
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	42	+	(4) "Commissioner" means a member of the commission; 14
	43	+	(5) "Court" means the Superior Court or any judge of said court; 15
	44	+	(6) "Discrimination" includes segregation and separation; 16
	45	+	(7) "Discriminatory employment practice" means any discriminatory 17
	46	+	practice specified in section 46a-60 or 46a-81c; 18
	47	+	(8) "Discriminatory practice" means a violation of section 4a-60, 4a-19
	48	+	60a, 4a-60g, 31-40y, subparagraph (C) of subdivision (15) of section 46a-20
	49	+	54, subdivisions (16) and (17) of section 46a-54, section 46a-58, 46a-59, 21
	50	+	46a-60, 46a-64, 46a-64c, 46a-66, 46a-68, 46a-68c to 46a-68f, inclusive, or 22
	51	+	46a-70 to 46a-78, inclusive, subsection (a) of section 46a-80 or sections 23
	52	+	46a-81b to 46a-81o, inclusive; 24
	53	+	(9) "Employee" means any person employed by an employer but shall 25
	54	+	not include any individual employed by such individual's parents, 26
	55	+	spouse or child; 27
	56	+	(10) "Employer" includes the state and all political subdivisions 28
	57	+	thereof and means any person or employer with three or more persons 29
	58	+	in such person's or employer's employ; 30
	59	+	(11) "Employment agency" means any person undertaking with or 31
	60	+	without compensation to procure employees or opportunities to work; 32
	61	+	(12) "Labor organization" means any organization which exists for the 33
	62	+	purpose, in whole or in part, of collective bargaining or of dealing with 34
	63	+	employers concerning grievances, terms or conditions of employment, 35
	64	+	or of other mutual aid or protection in connection with employment; 36
	65	+	(13) "Intellectual disability" means intellectual disability as defined in 37
	66	+	section 1-1g; 38
	67	+	(14) "Person" means one or more individuals, partnerships, 39
	68	+	associations, corporations, limited liability companies, legal 40
	69	+	representatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers and the state 41 Raised Bill No. 6376
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73		-	chronic physical handicap, infirmity or impairment, whether congenital 43
74		-	or resulting from bodily injury, organic processes or changes or from 44
75		-	illness, including, but not limited to, epilepsy, deafness or being hard of 45
76		-	hearing or reliance on a wheelchair or other remedial appliance or 46
77		-	device; 47
78		-	(16) "Respondent" means any person alleged in a complaint filed 48
79		-	pursuant to section 46a-82 to have committed a discriminatory practice; 49
80		-	(17) "Discrimination on the basis of sex" includes but is not limited to 50
81		-	discrimination related to pregnancy, child -bearing capacity, 51
82		-	sterilization, fertility or related medical conditions; 52
83		-	(18) "Discrimination on the basis of religious creed" includes but is 53
84		-	not limited to discrimination related to all aspects of religious 54
85		-	observances and practice as well as belief, unless an employer 55
86		-	demonstrates that the employer is unable to reasonably accommodate 56
87		-	to an employee's or prospective employee's religious observance or 57
88		-	practice without undue hardship on the conduct of the employer's 58
89		-	business; 59
90		-	(19) "Learning disability" refers to an individual who exhibits a severe 60
91		-	discrepancy between educational performance and measured 61
92		-	intellectual ability and who exhibits a disorder in one or more of the 62
93		-	basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using 63
94		-	language, spoken or written, which may manifest itself in a diminished 64
95		-	ability to listen, speak, read, write, spell or to do mathematical 65
96		-	calculations; 66
97		-	(20) "Mental disability" refers to an individual who has a record of, or 67
98		-	is regarded as having one or more mental disorders, as defined in the 68
99		-	most recent edition of the American Psychiatric Association's 69
100		-	"Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders"; [and] 70
101		-	(21) "Gender identity or expression" means a person's gender-related 71
102		-	identity, appearance or behavior, whether or not that gender-related 72
103		-	identity, appearance or behavior is different from that traditionally 73 Substitute Bill No. 6376
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	75	+	and all political subdivisions and agencies thereof; 42
	76	+	(15) "Physically disabled" refers to any individual who has any 43
	77	+	chronic physical handicap, infirmity or impairment, whether congenital 44
	78	+	or resulting from bodily injury, organic processes or changes or from 45
	79	+	illness, including, but not limited to, epilepsy, deafness or being hard of 46
	80	+	hearing or reliance on a wheelchair or other remedial appliance or 47
	81	+	device; 48
	82	+	(16) "Respondent" means any person alleged in a complaint filed 49
	83	+	pursuant to section 46a-82 to have committed a discriminatory practice; 50
	84	+	(17) "Discrimination on the basis of sex" includes but is not limited to 51
	85	+	discrimination related to pregnancy, child-bearing capacity, 52
	86	+	sterilization, fertility or related medical conditions; 53
	87	+	(18) "Discrimination on the basis of religious creed" includes but is 54
	88	+	not limited to discrimination related to all aspects of religious 55
	89	+	observances and practice as well as belief, unless an employer 56
	90	+	demonstrates that the employer is unable to reasonably accommodate 57
	91	+	to an employee's or prospective employee's religious observance or 58
	92	+	practice without undue hardship on the conduct of the employer's 59
	93	+	business; 60
	94	+	(19) "Learning disability" refers to an individual who exhibits a severe 61
	95	+	discrepancy between educational performance and measured 62
	96	+	intellectual ability and who exhibits a disorder in one or more of the 63
	97	+	basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using 64
	98	+	language, spoken or written, which may manifest itself in a diminished 65
	99	+	ability to listen, speak, read, write, spell or to do mathematical 66
	100	+	calculations; 67
	101	+	(20) "Mental disability" refers to an individual who has a record of, or 68
	102	+	is regarded as having one or more mental disorders, as defined in the 69
	103	+	most recent edition of the American Psychiatric Association's 70
	104	+	"Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders"; [and] 71 Raised Bill No. 6376
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110		-	associated with the person's physiology or assigned sex at birth, which 74
111		-	gender-related identity can be shown by providing evidence including, 75
112		-	but not limited to, medical history, care or treatment of the gender-76
113		-	related identity, consistent and uniform assertion of the gender-related 77
114		-	identity or any other evidence that the gender-related identity is 78
115		-	sincerely held, part of a person's core identity or not being asserted for 79
116		-	an improper purpose; [.] 80
117		-	(22) "Veteran" means veteran as defined in subsection (a) of section 81
118		-	27-103; 82
119		-	(23) "Race" includes ethnic traits historically associated with race, 83
120		-	including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles; and 84
121		-	(24) "Protective hairstyles" includes, but is not limited to, wigs, 85
122		-	headwraps and hairstyles such as individual braids, cornrows, locs, 86
123		-	twists, Bantu knots, afros and afro puffs. 87
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	110	+	(21) "Gender identity or expression" means a person's gender-related 72
	111	+	identity, appearance or behavior, whether or not that gender-related 73
	112	+	identity, appearance or behavior is different from that traditionally 74
	113	+	associated with the person's physiology or assigned sex at birth, which 75
	114	+	gender-related identity can be shown by providing evidence including, 76
	115	+	but not limited to, medical history, care or treatment of the gender-77
	116	+	related identity, consistent and uniform assertion of the gender-related 78
	117	+	identity or any other evidence that the gender-related identity is 79
	118	+	sincerely held, part of a person's core identity or not being asserted for 80
	119	+	an improper purpose; [.] 81
	120	+	(22) "Veteran" means veteran as defined in subsection (a) of section 82
	121	+	27-103; [.] 83
	122	+	(23) "Race" is inclusive of traits historically associated with race, 84
	123	+	including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles; and 85
	124	+	(24) "Protective hairstyles" includes, but is not limited to, hairstyles 86
	125	+	such as braids, locs and twists. 87
124	126		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
125	127		sections:
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127	129		Section 1 from passage 46a-51
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129		-	LAB Joint Favorable Subst.
	131	+	Statement of Purpose:
	132	+	To prohibit discrimination on the basis of ethnic hairstyles historically
	133	+	associated with race, by adopting what is commonly referred to as the
	134	+	CROWN Act.
	135	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	136	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	137	+	underlined.]
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