HB 5723 Passed Favorably Out of Judiciary Committee

At 4:10 PM Monday the Judiciary Committee voted in favor of HB 5723–An Act Concerning Discrimination, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression.  The final Vote Tally sheet will be posted to the CGA site late this evening, though the vote was approximately 32 in favor and only 6 against with strong bipartism support.  And importantly there was no teacher amendment raised.  The bill now moves to the House for consideration. 

Please take a moment to thank your legislator in the Judiciary for their positive vote in support of this bill. For a list of Judiciary members click here.  Most importantly please drop a special thank you to Ranking member and Chairs: Senators John Kissel (R), Andrew McDonald (D) and Rep. Michael Lawlor (D). Without their leadership, this bill would have died today in Judiciary with the other over 100 bills not making the Judiciary JF deadline of 5 PM today!

Please visit ourwebsite at ConnecticutADC.org for full details on this legislative effort.  

QWB note: Way to go Jerimarie and all the folks who worked on this bill. Onward to pass this bill into law.