(a) 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, shall not be considered as limiting factors in state-administered programs involving the distribution of funds to qualify applicants for benefits authorized by law.
(b) No state agency may provide grants, loans or other financial assistance to public agencies, private institutions or organizations which discriminate.
(1969, P.A. 790, S. 8; P.A. 73-279, S. 12; P.A. 78-148, S. 7; P.A. 80-422, S. 24; P.A. 90-330, S. 10, 11; P.A. 01-28, S. 7; P.A. 11-55, S. 34; P.A. 17-127, S. 13; P.A. 22-82, S. 21.)
History: P.A. 73-279 prohibited discrimination on basis of physical disability including blindness; P.A. 78-148 prohibited discrimination on basis of mental retardation; P.A. 80-422 divided section into Subsecs. and restated provisions; Sec. 4-61i transferred to Sec. 46a-76 in 1981; P.A. 90-330 added reference to “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 add reference to gender identity or expression (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (a), “mental retardation” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “intellectual disability” to conform with changes made by P.A. 11-129); 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”.
Notes of Decisions
Thibodeau v. Design Grp. One Architects, LLC, 802 A.2d 731 (Conn. 2002).
· cites it 4× “§ 46a-64 (prohibiting discriminatory public accommodations practices); General Statutes § 46a-64c (prohibiting discriminatory housing practices); General Statutes § 46a-66 (prohibiting discriminatory credit practices); General Statutes § 46a-70 (guaranteeing equal employment in…”
Fullerton v. Adm'r, 911 A.2d 736 (Conn. 2006).
· cites it 8× “The principal issue in this consolidated appeal is whether the requirement in § 31-235-6 (a) 1 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies that applicants for unemployment compensation benefits must be available for full-time work is in violation of the requirement in…”
Comm'n on Human Rights & Opportunities v. Bd. of Educ., 855 A.2d 212 (Conn. 2004).
· cites it 4× “6a-72; General Statutes § 4-61f, prohibiting discrimination in state licensing and charter procedures, was transferred to General Statutes § 46a-73; General Statutes § 4-61h, prohibiting discrimination in educational and vocational programs, was transferred to § 46a-75; and…”
Thibodeau v. Design Grp. One Architects, LLC, 17 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 1481 (Conn. App. Ct. 2001).
· cites it 2× “§ 46a-64 (prohibiting discriminatory public accommodations practices); General Statutes § 46a-64c (prohibiting discriminatory housing practices); General Statutes § 46a-66 (prohibiting discriminatory credit practices); General Statutes § 46a-70 (guaranteeing equal employment in…”
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