(a) All services of every state agency shall be performed without discrimination based upon race, color, religious creed, sex, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, intellectual disability, mental disability, learning disability, physical disability, including, but not limited to, blindness, status as a veteran or status as a victim of domestic violence.
(b) No state facility may be used in the furtherance of any discrimination, nor may any state agency become a party to any agreement, arrangement or plan which has the effect of sanctioning discrimination.
(c) Each state agency shall analyze all of its operations to ascertain possible instances of noncompliance with the policy of sections 46a-70 to 46a-78, inclusive, and shall initiate comprehensive programs to remedy any defect found to exist.
(d) Every state contract or subcontract for construction on public buildings or for other public work or for goods and services shall conform to the intent of section 4a-60.
(1969, P.A. 790, S. 2, 3; P.A. 73-279, S. 8; P.A. 78-148, S. 3; P.A. 80-422, S. 19; P.A. 90-330, S. 7, 11; P.A. 01-28, S. 3; P.A. 11-55, S. 30; 11-129, S. 20; P.A. 17-127, S. 9; P.A. 22-82, S. 17.)
History: P.A. 73-279 prohibited discrimination based on physical disability including blindness; P.A. 78-148 prohibited discrimination based on mental retardation; P.A. 80-422 rephrased provisions, created Subsecs. (b) and (c) from provisions of Subsec. (a), redesignating former Subsec. (b) as (d), and substituted Sec. 4-61k for Sec. 4-61l in Subsec. (c); Sec. 4-61d transferred to Sec. 46a-71 in 1981 and internal section references changed to reflect their transfer when necessary; P.A. 90-330 amended Subsec. (a) to include discrimination based upon learning disability; P.A. 01-28 amended Subsec. (a) by adding references to “marital status” and “mental disability”; P.A. 11-55 amended Subsec. (a) to prohibit discrimination based upon gender identity or expression; pursuant to P.A. 11-129, “mental retardation” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “intellectual disability” in Subsec. (a); P.A. 17-127 amended Subsec. (a) to add “status as a veteran”, and make technical changes; P.A. 22-82 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “status as a victim of domestic violence” and making technical changes.
See Sec. 1-1f for definitions of “blind” and “physically disabled”.
Annotation to former section 4-61d:
Cited. 165 C. 516.
Annotations to present section:
Cited. 236 C. 453.
Cited. 30 CA 463; 39 CA 216. In claim alleging discrimination based on religion in violation of Subsec. (a) predicated on series of events, including court order placing children in temporary custody of Commissioner of Children and Families, filing of neglect petitions, placement of children with practicing Christian couple instead of a Muslim family and court order terminating parental rights, claim barred by the absolute immunity afforded by the litigation privilege. 220 CA 77.
Notes of Decisions
Thibodeau v. Design Grp. One Architects, LLC, 802 A.2d 731 (Conn. 2002).
· cites it 4× “provisions contained in chapter 814c of the General Statutes: “General Statutes § 46a-58 (prohibiting deprivation of rights on account of sex); General Statutes § 46a-64 (prohibiting discriminatory public accommodations practices); General Statutes § 46a-64c (prohibiting…”
Comm'n on Human Rights & Opportunities v. Bd. of Educ., 855 A.2d 212 (Conn. 2004).
· cites it 4× “…§ 46a-66; General Statutes § 4-61d, prohibiting discriminatory practices by state agencies, was transferred to General Statutes § 46a-71; General Statutes § 4-61e, prohibiting discrimination in job placement by state agencies, was transferred to General Statutes §…”
In re Elijah C., 165 A.3d 1149 (Conn. 2017).
· cites it 3× “General Statutes § 46a-71(a) further provides that the "services of every state agency shall be performed without discrimination based upon race, color, religious creed, sex, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, intellectual disability,…”
Metro. Dist. v. Comm'n on Human Rights & Opportunities, 184 A.3d 287 (Conn. App. Ct. 2018).
· cites it 5× “" The complaint also seeks a declaratory judgment "that General Statutes § 46a-71 5 does not apply to the [plaintiff], and that the [commission] does not have jurisdiction over complaints filed by independent contractors against the [plaintiff].”
Gay & Lesbian Law Students Ass'n v. Bd. of Trs., 673 A.2d 484 (Conn. 1996).
· cites it 3× “The defendants maintain that, at the time § 10a-149a was enacted in 1984, discrimination by state agencies on the basis of gender, disability and age was prohibited by General Statutes §§ 46a-71 and 46a-72. The military, however, openly discriminated on these bases, as it…”
Harp v. King, 835 A.2d 953 (Conn. 2003).
· cites it 2× “The plaintiff also alleged racial discrimination in credit practices in violation of General Statutes § 46a-66, and racial discrimination in the provision of services by a state agency in violation of General Statutes § 46a-71. Those claims, however, are not the subject of this…”
Fullerton v. Adm'r, 911 A.2d 736 (Conn. 2006).
· cites it 4× “In their individual appeals to the board, the plaintiffs had challenged the validity of the requirement under § 31-235-6 (a) of the regulations that claimants must be available for full-time work, arguing that the requirement was in violation of the Connecticut constitution as…”
St. George v. Mak, 842 F. Supp. 625 (D. Conn. 1993).
· cites it 8× “5 Similarly, Count VI alleges a violation of Conn.Gen.Stat. § 46a-71—the Connecticut employment discrimination statute.”
Foti v. Richardson, 620 A.2d 840 (Conn. App. Ct. 1993).
· cites it 4× “” Similarly, General Statutes § 46a-71 provides: “All services of every state agency shall be performed without discrimination based upon .”
Thibodeau v. Design Grp. One Architects, LLC, 17 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 1481 (Conn. App. Ct. 2001).
· cites it 2× “General Statutes § 46a-58 (prohibiting deprivation of rights on account of sex); General Statutes § 46a-64 (prohibiting discriminatory public accommodations practices); General Statutes § 46a-64c (prohibiting discriminatory housing practices); General Statutes § 46a-66…”
F.M. v. Comm'r of Child. & Families, 72 A.3d 1095 (Conn. App. Ct. 2013).
· cites it 3× “to 2009) § 46a-71 (a) 15 and that Connecticut has long prohibited discrimination on the basis of ethnicity.”
Wilkinson v. Forst, 729 F. Supp. 1416 (D. Conn. 1990).
· cites it 2× “That lawsuit was apparently based on C.G.S.A. § 46a-71(b), which proscribes the use of state facilities to further or sanction racial discrimination.”
— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46a-71(a) — 2 cases
In re Elijah C., 165 A.3d 1149 (Conn. 2017).
“General Statutes § 46a-71(a) further provides that the "services of every state agency shall be performed without discrimination based upon race, color, religious creed, sex, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, intellectual disability,…”
— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46a-71(b) — 2 cases
Wilkinson v. Forst, 729 F. Supp. 1416 (D. Conn. 1990).
“That lawsuit was apparently based on C.G.S.A. § 46a-71(b), which proscribes the use of state facilities to further or sanction racial discrimination.”
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