Bill Text: CT HB05367 | 2014 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut House Bill 5367 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Implementation Of Enhanced Protections Against Discrimination.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-04-25 - Senate Calendar Number 467 [HB05367 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2014-HB05367-Comm_Sub.html


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 5367*
*February Session, 2014*		LCO No. 1668
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)

AN ACT CONCERNING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ENHANCED PROTECTIONS AGAINST DISCRIMINATION.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 46a-58 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2014):

(a) It shall be a discriminatory practice in violation of this section for any person to subject, or cause to be subjected, any other person to the deprivation of any rights, privileges or immunities, secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of this state or of the United States, on account of religion, national origin, alienage, color, race, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, blindness, [or] physical disability or mental disability.

(b) Any person who intentionally desecrates any public property, monument or structure, or any religious object, symbol or house of religious worship, or any cemetery, or any private structure not owned by such person, shall be in violation of subsection (a) of this section. For the purposes of this subsection, "desecrate" means to mar, deface or damage as a demonstration of irreverence or contempt.

(c) Any person who places a burning cross or a simulation thereof on any public property, or on any private property without the written consent of the owner, shall be in violation of subsection (a) of this section.

(d) Any person who places a noose or a simulation thereof on any public property, or on any private property without the written consent of the owner, and with intent to intimidate or harass any other person on account of religion, national origin, alienage, color, race, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, blindness, [or] physical disability or mental disability, shall be in violation of subsection (a) of this section.

(e) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor, except that if property is damaged as a consequence of such violation in an amount in excess of one thousand dollars, such person shall be guilty of a class D felony.