Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46a-102 (2026)

Civil action for discriminatory practice: Statute of limitations

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Any action brought in accordance with section 46a-100 shall be brought within two years of the date of filing of the complaint with the commission, except that an action may be brought within six months of October 1, 1991, with respect to an alleged violation provided a complaint concerning such violation has been pending with the commission for more than one year as of October 1, 1991, unless the complaint has been scheduled for a hearing.

(P.A. 91-331, S. 3.)

Cited. 236 C. 681.

Cited. 44 CA 446. Plaintiff's amended complaint, which alleged age discrimination, related back to date of the original complaint, which alleged racial discrimination and which was based on the same facts, and was properly dismissed for failure to bring action within 2 years of filing the original complaint, as required by section. 123 CA 1.

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Cited in 11 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1999–2025 · leading case: Wright v. Teamsters Local 559, 1 A.3d 207 (Conn. App. Ct. 2010).

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Wright v. Teamsters Local 559, 1 A.3d 207 (Conn. App. Ct. 2010). · cites it 17× “1 General Statutes § 46a-102 provides: “Any action brought in accordance with section 46a-100 shall be brought within two years of the date of filing of the complaint with the commission, except that an action may be brought within six months of October 1, 1991, with respect to…”

Shlafer v. Wackenhut Corp., 837 F. Supp. 2d 20 (D. Conn. 2011). · cites it 7× “Conn. Gen.Stat. § 46a-102 provides that “[a]ny action brought in accordance with section 46a-100 shall be brought within two years of the date of filing of the complaint with the commission.”

Williams v. Comm'n On Human Rights & Opportunities, 777 A.2d 645 (Conn. 2001). “Upon receipt of a release pursuant to this section, 1 he complainant may bring a civil action in accordance with the provisions of sections 46a-100,46a-101,46a-103 and 46a-104, notwithstanding the statute of limitations pursuant to section 46a-102.” General Statutes § 46a-82c…”

Spector v. Boardof Trs. of Cmty.-Technical Colleges, 463 F. Supp. 2d 234 (D. Conn. 2006). · cites it 4× “He also acknowledges that he filed this Complaint well beyond the statute of limitations imposed by Conn. Gen.Stat. § 46a-102. Rather than contest these points, Crowley asserts that the exhaustion requirements are not jurisdictional, but, instead, subject to equitable tolling.”

Chisholm v. United of Omaha Life Ins., 514 F. Supp. 2d 318 (D. Conn. 2007). · cites it 2× “In that regard, the Court notes that Connecticut General Statutes § 46a-102 establishes a two-year statute of limitations for claims brought pursuant to Connecticut’s discrimination statutes.”

Angelsea Prods., Inc. v. Comm'n on Human Rights & Opportunities, 727 A.2d 1268 (Conn. 1999). · cites it 3× “” In determining in Angelsea I that Hyde still could bring a civil employment discrimination action against the plaintiff, we impliedly concluded that the circumstances of the case had operated to toll the statute of limitations set forth in General Statutes § 46a-102. General…”

Bogdahn v. Hamilton Stan. Space Sys., No. Cv 97-0569864-S (July 21, 1999), 741 A.2d 1003 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1999). · cites it 3× “” General Statutes § 46a-102 provides in pertinent part: “Any action brought in accordance with section 46a-100 shall be brought within two years of the date of filing of the complaint with the commission .”

Eldridge v. Hosp. of Cent. Connecticut, 230 Conn. App. 666 (Conn. App. Ct. 2025). · cites it 2× “See General Statutes § 46a-100. Any such action must be brought within ninety days of receipt of the CHRO release.”

Hannah v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 969 F. Supp. 2d 229 (D. Conn. 2013). · cites it 3× “§ 46a-102. Section 46a-100 provides a private right of action to individuals who obtain a release of jurisdiction from the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO) in accordance with section 46a-83.”

Taylor v. New Haven (D. Conn. 2023). · cites it 4× “Accordingly, the two-year period for filing suit under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46a-102 expired in June 2022 at the earliest, rather than in February 2022, and this action was filed on April 12, 2022.”

Williams v. First Transit/CT Transit (D. Conn. 2023). · cites it 2× “Under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46a-102, Plaintiff had two years from February 2018, when she filed the grievance with the CHRO, to bring a civil action against her former employer.”

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