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	3	+	LCO No. 3954 1 of 4
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	5	+	General Assembly Bill No. 6515
	6	+	January Session, 2021
	7	+	LCO No. 3954
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	10	+	Referred to Committee on No Committee
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	13	+	Introduced by:
	14	+	REP. RITTER M., 1
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	17	+	SEN. LOONEY, 11
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	19	+	Dist.
	20	+	REP. ROJAS, 9
	21	+	th
	22	+	Dist.
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	24	+	SEN. DUFF, 25
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	26	+	Dist.
	27	+	REP. PORTER, 94
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	29	+	Dist.
	30	+	SEN. KUSHNER, 24
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4		-	House Bill No. 6515
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6		-	Public Act No. 21-2
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9	38		AN ACT CREATING A RESPECTFUL AND OPEN WO RLD FOR
10	39		NATURAL HAIR.
11	40		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
12	41		Assembly convened:
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14		-	Section 1. Section 46a-51 of the general statutes is repealed and the
15		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
16		-	As used in section 4a-60a and this chapter:
17		-	(1) "Blind" refers to an individual whose central visual acuity does
18		-	not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting lenses, or whose
19		-	visual acuity is greater than 20/200 but is accompanied by a limitation
20		-	in the fields of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field
21		-	subtends an angle no greater than twenty degrees;
22		-	(2) "Commission" means the Commission on Human Rights and
23		-	Opportunities created by section 46a-52;
24		-	(3) "Commission legal counsel" means a member of the legal staff
25		-	employed by the commission pursuant to section 46a-54;
26		-	(4) "Commissioner" means a member of the commission;
27		-	(5) "Court" means the Superior Court or any judge of said court; House Bill No. 6515
	43	+	Section 1. Section 46a-51 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
	44	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2
	45	+	As used in section 4a-60a and this chapter: 3
	46	+	(1) "Blind" refers to an individual whose central visual acuity does 4
	47	+	not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting lenses, or whose 5
	48	+	visual acuity is greater than 20/200 but is accompanied by a limitation 6
	49	+	in the fields of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field 7
	50	+	subtends an angle no greater than twenty degrees; 8
	51	+	(2) "Commission" means the Commission on Human Rights and 9
	52	+	Opportunities created by section 46a-52; 10
	53	+	(3) "Commission legal counsel" means a member of the legal staff 11
	54	+	Bill No.
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29		-	Public Act No. 21-2 2 of 4
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31		-	(6) "Discrimination" includes segregation and separation;
32		-	(7) "Discriminatory employment practice" means any discriminatory
33		-	practice specified in section 46a-60 or 46a-81c;
34		-	(8) "Discriminatory practice" means a violation of section 4a-60, 4a-
35		-	60a, 4a-60g, 31-40y, subparagraph (C) of subdivision (15) of section 46a-
36		-	54, subdivisions (16) and (17) of section 46a-54, section 46a-58, 46a-59,
37		-	46a-60, 46a-64, 46a-64c, 46a-66, 46a-68, 46a-68c to 46a-68f, inclusive, or
38		-	46a-70 to 46a-78, inclusive, subsection (a) of section 46a-80 or sections
39		-	46a-81b to 46a-81o, inclusive;
40		-	(9) "Employee" means any person employed by an employer but shall
41		-	not include any individual employed by such individual's parents,
42		-	spouse or child;
43		-	(10) "Employer" includes the state and all political subdivisions
44		-	thereof and means any person or employer with three or more persons
45		-	in such person's or employer's employ;
46		-	(11) "Employment agency" means any person undertaking with or
47		-	without compensation to procure employees or opportunities to work;
48		-	(12) "Labor organization" means any organization which exists for the
49		-	purpose, in whole or in part, of collective bargaining or of dealing with
50		-	employers concerning grievances, terms or conditions of employment,
51		-	or of other mutual aid or protection in connection with employment;
52		-	(13) "Intellectual disability" means intellectual disability as defined in
53		-	section 1-1g;
54		-	(14) "Person" means one or more individuals, partnerships,
55		-	associations, corporations, limited liability companies, legal
56		-	representatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers and the state
57		-	and all political subdivisions and agencies thereof; House Bill No. 6515
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59		-	~~Public Act~~ No. ~~21-2~~ 3 of 4
	58	+	LCO No. 3954 2 of 4
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61		-	(15) "Physically disabled" refers to any individual who has any
62		-	chronic physical handicap, infirmity or impairment, whether congenital
63		-	or resulting from bodily injury, organic processes or changes or from
64		-	illness, including, but not limited to, epilepsy, deafness or being hard of
65		-	hearing or reliance on a wheelchair or other remedial appliance or
66		-	device;
67		-	(16) "Respondent" means any person alleged in a complaint filed
68		-	pursuant to section 46a-82 to have committed a discriminatory practice;
69		-	(17) "Discrimination on the basis of sex" includes but is not limited to
70		-	discrimination related to pregnancy, child-bearing capacity,
71		-	sterilization, fertility or related medical conditions;
72		-	(18) "Discrimination on the basis of religious creed" includes but is
73		-	not limited to discrimination related to all aspects of religious
74		-	observances and practice as well as belief, unless an employer
75		-	demonstrates that the employer is unable to reasonably accommodate
76		-	to an employee's or prospective employee's religious observance or
77		-	practice without undue hardship on the conduct of the employer's
78		-	business;
79		-	(19) "Learning disability" refers to an individual who exhibits a severe
80		-	discrepancy between educational performance and measured
81		-	intellectual ability and who exhibits a disorder in one or more of the
82		-	basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using
83		-	language, spoken or written, which may manifest itself in a diminished
84		-	ability to listen, speak, read, write, spell or to do mathematical
85		-	calculations;
86		-	(20) "Mental disability" refers to an individual who has a record of, or
87		-	is regarded as having one or more mental disorders, as defined in the
88		-	most recent edition of the American Psychiatric Association's
89		-	"Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders"; [and] House Bill No. 6515
	60	+	employed by the commission pursuant to section 46a-54; 12
	61	+	(4) "Commissioner" means a member of the commission; 13
	62	+	(5) "Court" means the Superior Court or any judge of said court; 14
	63	+	(6) "Discrimination" includes segregation and separation; 15
	64	+	(7) "Discriminatory employment practice" means any discriminatory 16
	65	+	practice specified in section 46a-60 or 46a-81c; 17
	66	+	(8) "Discriminatory practice" means a violation of section 4a-60, 4a-18
	67	+	60a, 4a-60g, 31-40y, subparagraph (C) of subdivision (15) of section 46a-19
	68	+	54, subdivisions (16) and (17) of section 46a-54, section 46a-58, 46a-59, 20
	69	+	46a-60, 46a-64, 46a-64c, 46a-66, 46a-68, 46a-68c to 46a-68f, inclusive, or 21
	70	+	46a-70 to 46a-78, inclusive, subsection (a) of section 46a-80 or sections 22
	71	+	46a-81b to 46a-81o, inclusive; 23
	72	+	(9) "Employee" means any person employed by an employer but shall 24
	73	+	not include any individual employed by such individual's parents, 25
	74	+	spouse or child; 26
	75	+	(10) "Employer" includes the state and all political subdivisions 27
	76	+	thereof and means any person or employer with three or more persons 28
	77	+	in such person's or employer's employ; 29
	78	+	(11) "Employment agency" means any person undertaking with or 30
	79	+	without compensation to procure employees or opportunities to work; 31
	80	+	(12) "Labor organization" means any organization which exists for the 32
	81	+	purpose, in whole or in part, of collective bargaining or of dealing with 33
	82	+	employers concerning grievances, terms or conditions of employment, 34
	83	+	or of other mutual aid or protection in connection with employment; 35
	84	+	(13) "Intellectual disability" means intellectual disability as defined in 36
	85	+	section 1-1g; 37
	86	+	(14) "Person" means one or more individuals, partnerships, 38
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93		-	(21) "Gender identity or expression" means a person's gender-related
94		-	identity, appearance or behavior, whether or not that gender-related
95		-	identity, appearance or behavior is different from that traditionally
96		-	associated with the person's physiology or assigned sex at birth, which
97		-	gender-related identity can be shown by providing evidence including,
98		-	but not limited to, medical history, care or treatment of the gender-
99		-	related identity, consistent and uniform assertion of the gender-related
100		-	identity or any other evidence that the gender-related identity is
101		-	sincerely held, part of a person's core identity or not being asserted for
102		-	an improper purpose; [.]
103		-	(22) "Veteran" means veteran as defined in subsection (a) of section
104		-	27-103;
105		-	(23) "Race" is inclusive of ethnic traits historically associated with
106		-	race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles;
107		-	and
108		-	(24) "Protective hairstyles" includes, but is not limited to, wigs,
109		-	headwraps and hairstyles such as individual braids, cornrows, locs,
110		-	twists, Bantu knots, afros and afro puffs.
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	91	+	LCO No. 3954 3 of 4
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	93	+	associations, corporations, limited liability companies, legal 39
	94	+	representatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers and the state 40
	95	+	and all political subdivisions and agencies thereof; 41
	96	+	(15) "Physically disabled" refers to any individual who has any 42
	97	+	chronic physical handicap, infirmity or impairment, whether congenital 43
	98	+	or resulting from bodily injury, organic processes or changes or from 44
	99	+	illness, including, but not limited to, epilepsy, deafness or being hard of 45
	100	+	hearing or reliance on a wheelchair or other remedial appliance or 46
	101	+	device; 47
	102	+	(16) "Respondent" means any person alleged in a complaint filed 48
	103	+	pursuant to section 46a-82 to have committed a discriminatory practice; 49
	104	+	(17) "Discrimination on the basis of sex" includes but is not limited to 50
	105	+	discrimination related to pregnancy, child-bearing capacity, 51
	106	+	sterilization, fertility or related medical conditions; 52
	107	+	(18) "Discrimination on the basis of religious creed" includes but is 53
	108	+	not limited to discrimination related to all aspects of religious 54
	109	+	observances and practice as well as belief, unless an employer 55
	110	+	demonstrates that the employer is unable to reasonably accommodate 56
	111	+	to an employee's or prospective employee's religious observance or 57
	112	+	practice without undue hardship on the conduct of the employer's 58
	113	+	business; 59
	114	+	(19) "Learning disability" refers to an individual who exhibits a severe 60
	115	+	discrepancy between educational performance and measured 61
	116	+	intellectual ability and who exhibits a disorder in one or more of the 62
	117	+	basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using 63
	118	+	language, spoken or written, which may manifest itself in a diminished 64
	119	+	ability to listen, speak, read, write, spell or to do mathematical 65
	120	+	calculations; 66
	121	+	(20) "Mental disability" refers to an individual who has a record of, or 67
	122	+	is regarded as having one or more mental disorders, as defined in the 68
	123	+	Bill No.
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	127	+	LCO No. 3954 4 of 4
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	129	+	most recent edition of the American Psychiatric Association's 69
	130	+	"Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders"; [and] 70
	131	+	(21) "Gender identity or expression" means a person's gender-related 71
	132	+	identity, appearance or behavior, whether or not that gender-related 72
	133	+	identity, appearance or behavior is different from that traditionally 73
	134	+	associated with the person's physiology or assigned sex at birth, which 74
	135	+	gender-related identity can be shown by providing evidence including, 75
	136	+	but not limited to, medical history, care or treatment of the gender-76
	137	+	related identity, consistent and uniform assertion of the gender-related 77
	138	+	identity or any other evidence that the gender-related identity is 78
	139	+	sincerely held, part of a person's core identity or not being asserted for 79
	140	+	an improper purpose; [.] 80
	141	+	(22) "Veteran" means veteran as defined in subsection (a) of section 81
	142	+	27-103; 82
	143	+	(23) "Race" is inclusive of ethnic traits historically associated with 83
	144	+	race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles; 84
	145	+	and 85
	146	+	(24) "Protective hairstyles" includes, but is not limited to, wigs, 86
	147	+	headwraps and hairstyles such as individual braids, cornrows, locs, 87
	148	+	twists, Bantu knots, afros and afro puffs. 88
	149	+	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
	150	+	sections:
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	152	+	Section 1 from passage 46a-51
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