Connecticut 2021 Regular Session Status: Enacted 37 D cosponsors

HB 6515 — AN ACT CREATING A RESPECTFUL AND OPEN WORLD FOR NATURAL HAIR.

Last action — TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 23, 2021. Enacted.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 62% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 48 sponsors

    48 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (37 D).

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

97 added · 106 removed

97 line(s) added, 106 removed.

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General Assembly Bill No.
House Bill No.
6515 January Session, 2021 LCO No.
6515 Public Act No.
3954 Referred to Committee on No Committee Introduced by:
21-2 AN ACT CREATING A RESPECTFUL AND OPEN WORLD FOR NATURAL HAIR.
st th REP.
RITTER M., 1 Dist.
SEN.
DUFF, 25 Dist.
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LOONEY, 11 Dist.
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PORTER, 94 Dist.
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ROJAS, 9 Dist.
SEN.
KUSHNER, 24 Dist.
AN ACT CREATING A RESPECTFUL AND OPEN WORLD FOR NATURAL HAIR.
(3) "Commission legal counsel" means a member of the legal staff LCO No.
(3) "Commission legal counsel" means a member of the legal staff employed by the commission pursuant to section 46a-54;
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employed by the commission pursuant to section 46a-54;
(6) "Discrimination" includes segregation and separation;
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6515 (6) "Discrimination" includes segregation and separation;
(14) "Person" means one or more individuals, partnerships, LCO No.
(14) "Person" means one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, limited liability companies, legal representatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers and the state and all political subdivisions and agencies thereof;
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associations, corporations, limited liability companies, legal representatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers and the state and all political subdivisions and agencies thereof;
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(15) "Physically disabled" refers to any individual who has any chronic physical handicap, infirmity or impairment, whether congenital or resulting from bodily injury, organic processes or changes or from illness, including, but not limited to, epilepsy, deafness or being hard of hearing or reliance on a wheelchair or other remedial appliance or device;
6515 (15) "Physically disabled" refers to any individual who has any chronic physical handicap, infirmity or impairment, whether congenital or resulting from bodily injury, organic processes or changes or from illness, including, but not limited to, epilepsy, deafness or being hard of hearing or reliance on a wheelchair or other remedial appliance or device;
(19)"Learningdisability"referstoanindividualwhoexhibitsasevere discrepancy between educational performance and measured intellectual ability and who exhibits a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, which may manifest itself in a diminished ability to listen, speak, read, write, spell or to do mathematical calculations;
(19)"Learningdisability"referstoanindividualwhoexhibitsa severe discrepancy between educational performance and measured intellectual ability and who exhibits a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, which may manifest itself in a diminished ability to listen, speak, read, write, spell or to do mathematical calculations;
(20) "Mental disability" refers to an individual who has a record of, or is regarded as having one or more mental disorders, as defined in the LCO No.
(20) "Mental disability" refers to an individual who has a record of, or is regarded as having one or more mental disorders, as defined in the most recent edition of the American Psychiatric Association's "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders";
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[and] Public Act No.
most recent edition of the American Psychiatric Association's "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders";
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[and] (21) "Gender identity or expression" means a person's gender-related identity, appearance or behavior, whether or not that gender-related identity, appearance or behavior is different from that traditionally associated with the person's physiology or assigned sex at birth, which gender-related identity can be shown by providing evidence including, but not limited to, medical history, care or treatment of the gender- related identity, consistent and uniform assertion of the gender-related identity or any other evidence that the gender-related identity is sincerely held, part of a person's core identity or not being asserted for an improper purpose;
6515 (21) "Gender identity or expression" means a person's gender-related identity, appearance or behavior, whether or not that gender-related identity, appearance or behavior is different from that traditionally associated with the person's physiology or assigned sex at birth, which gender-related identity can be shown by providing evidence including, but not limited to, medical history, care or treatment of the gender- related identity, consistent and uniform assertion of the gender-related identity or any other evidence that the gender-related identity is sincerely held, part of a person's core identity or not being asserted for an improper purpose;
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Approved March 4, 2021 Public Act No.
Section 1 from passage 46a-51 LCO No.
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Action History

  1. TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE

  2. PUBLIC ACT 21-2

  3. SIGNED BY GOVERNOR IN ORIGINAL

  4. IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE GOV.

  5. IN CONCURRENCE

  6. SENATE PASSED

  7. SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 46

  8. TABLED FOR CAL., SENATE

  9. RULES SUSPENDED, TRANSMITTED TO SENATE

  10. HOUSE PASSED

  11. EMERGENCY CERTIFICATION

Sponsors

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48 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 139 not signed on

Sponsors (48)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (139)

139 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 6515?
HB 6515 is sponsored by Joshua M. Hall (Democratic), Hennessy, John "jack" F., Antonio Felipe (Democratic), Matthew Ritter (Democratic), Christopher Rosario (Democratic), Stallworth, Charlie L., Mary Welander (Democratic), Susan M. Johnson (Democratic), Kate Farrar (Democratic), Jillian Gilchrest (Democratic), Lesser, Matthew L., John-Michael Parker (Democratic), Anne M. Hughes (Democratic), Vargas, Edwin, Patricia A. Dillon (Democratic), Jennifer Leeper (Democratic), Geoff Luxenberg (Democratic), James Sanchez (Democratic), Bobby G. Gibson (Democratic), Catherine A. Osten (Democratic), Currey, Jeff, Josh Elliott (Democratic), Eleni Kavros DeGraw (Democratic), Anthony L. Nolan (Democratic), Winkler, Michael A., Lucy Dathan (Democratic), Gary A. Turco (Democratic), Goupil, Christine, Thomas, Stephanie, Hilda E. Santiago (Democratic), Matt Blumenthal (Democratic), Roland J. Lemar (Democratic), Aimee Berger-Girvalo (Democratic), Juan R. Candelaria (Democratic), Martin M. Looney (Democratic), Conley, Christine, Jaime S. Foster (Democratic), Julie Kushner (Democratic), Michel, David, Porter, Robyn A., Bob Duff (Democratic), Jason Rojas (Democratic), Kara Rochelle (Democratic), Kenneth Gucker (Democratic), Julio A. Concepcion (Democratic), Frank Smith (Democratic), Amy Morrin Bello (Democratic), and Trenee McGee (Democratic).
What is the current status of HB 6515?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 23, 2021. Enacted.
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