Bill Text: CT HB06451 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 6451 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Commission On Human Rights And Opportunities.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-23 - Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary [HB06451 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB06451-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 6451*
*January Session, 2017*		LCO No. 3031
		03031
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. MORRIS, 140th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES.

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

That chapter 814c of the general statutes be amended to: (1) Permit the presiding officer of a commission hearing to order nonmonetary sanctions if a party to the hearing fails to comply with an order to produce records, papers or documents; (2) allow commission legal counsel to intervene as a matter of right in any suit or other proceeding in which civil or human rights are at issue; and (3) implement reforms that expedite the scheduling of hearings conducted by the commission.

Statement of Purpose:

To implement reforms that alleviate the backlog of cases at the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities and to permit commission legal counsel to intervene as a matter of right in any suit or other proceeding in which civil or human rights are at issue.