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Connecticut House Bill HB05421 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/16/2025

                     
 
LCO No. 1474   	1 of 1 
 
General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5421  
January Session, 2025  
LCO No. 1474 
 
 
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION 
AND ELECTIONS  
 
 
Introduced by:  
REP. MARRA T., 141st Dist. 
 
 
 
AN ACT REQUIRING MINORITY REPRESENTATION ON CERTAIN 
MUNICIPAL LEGISLATIVE BODIES AND BOARDS OF EDUCATION. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
That subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 9-167a of the general 1 
statutes be amended to require a municipal legislative body or board of 2 
education to require minority representation to apply to at-large 3 
members where such body or board is elected partially on the basis of a 4 
geographical division. 5 
Statement of Purpose:   
To require minority representation among members elected at large on 
municipal legislative bodies and boards of education.