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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 120
January Session, 2021
AN ACT ALLOWING POLI CE OFFICERS TO WEAR RELIGIOUS HEAD
COVERINGS AS PART OF A POLICE UNIFORM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) As used in this section, "law 1
enforcement unit" and "police officer" have the same meanings as 2
provided in section 7-294a of the general statutes. Not later than October 3
1, 2021, each law enforcement unit shall adopt or amend a policy to 4
establish standards regarding the personal appearance of any police 5
officer employed by such law enforcement unit while the police officer 6
is on duty and wearing a uniform or other authorized attire. The policy 7
shall permit a police officer to wear a religious head covering in 8
accordance with the police officer's religious beliefs while on duty, 9
except where the use of tight-fitting protective headgear is required by 10
such law enforcement unit. 11
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Section 1, the first sentence was added for clarity.
Substitute Bill No. 120
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PS Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO