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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 494
January Session, 2023
LCO No. 597
Referred to Committee on JOINT COMMITTEE ON
LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT
Introduced by:
SEN. OSTEN, 19
th Dist.
SEN. WINFIELD, 10
th Dist.
REP. NOLAN, 39
th Dist.
REP. CONLEY, 40
th Dist.
REP. WILSON, 46
th Dist.
REP. WALKER, 93
rd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF
CERTAIN DEPICTIONS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND HISTORICAL
STATUES WITHIN LEGISLATIVE BUILDINGS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the Joint Committee on Legislative Management be required to 1
(1) remove the statue of John Mason from the exterior of the State 2
Capitol building and place it in the Museum of Connecticut History 3
with recognition of his role in the Pequot massacre, (2) conduct a review 4
of all of the statues located within, or on the exterior of, the State Capitol 5
building, and (3) remove the picture of the indigenous people of 6
Virginia from the underground walkway between the Legislative Office 7
Building and State Capitol building and replace it with a more accurate 8
picture of the state's eastern woodlands tribes, obtained in consultation 9
with the five recognized tribes in the state. 10 Proposed Bill No. 494
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Statement of Purpose:
To remove certain statues and pictures in the Capitol to provide an
accurate portrayal of Quinnehtukqut history.