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Mar 07, 2006
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  • Workers’ Rights

Lie Detectors

The Senate took no action on a House-passed bill, pushed by the State Police, to allow police agencies to give lie detector tests to job applicants.
Legislation
Mar 07, 2006
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  • Workers’ Rights

DCYF Background Checks

Legislative committees took no action on DCYF legislation that would have given the agency and licensed day care providers direct access to job applicants’ entire criminal history, including records of arrests not followed by convictions.
Legislation
Mar 07, 2006
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  • Criminal Justice

Sex Offenders

Joining a nationwide chorus, the General Assembly passed harsh, costly and almost-certainly ineffective legislation to further punish sex offenders.
Legislation
Mar 07, 2006
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  • Government Transparency

Administrative Procedures Act

The Senate killed an ACLU bill, passed by the House repealing an exemption for the Board of Elections from the law that requires state agencies to go through a public rule-making process before adopting regulations.
Legislation
Mar 07, 2006
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  • Government Transparency

Open Meetings

The ACLU succeeded in significantly restricting the reach of a bill allowing people with disabilities who serve on public bodies to participate in public meetings by telephone.
Legislation
Mar 07, 2006
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  • Criminal Justice

Self-Incrimination

Ignoring Affiliate objections that the bill would significantly erode the privilege against self-incrimination, the General Assembly has made it a crime for a driver to refuse to submit to a breathalyzer test if he or she has been cited once before for not taking the test.
Legislation
Mar 07, 2006
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  • Students’ Rights

“Zero Tolerance”

An ACLU bill that would require schools to take a case-by-case approach in determining the appropriate discipline for students charged with drug, alcohol or weapons violations, passed the Senate but died in the House.
Legislation
Mar 07, 2006
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  • Privacy

HIV Names Reporting

At present, health care providers are required to report the names of patients with AIDS, but not those who are only HIV-positive.
Legislation
Mar 07, 2006
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  • LGBTQ+ Rights

Domestic Partner Benefits

The legislature overwhelmingly approved an ACLU bill specifying that domestic partner health insurance benefits are not taxable income for state income tax purposes, and explicitly entitling state employees and their partners to the protections of COBRA and to the state’s Family Medical Leave Act.
Legislation
Mar 07, 2006
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Legislation
Mar 07, 2006
  • Workers’ Rights

Lie Detectors

The Senate took no action on a House-passed bill, pushed by the State Police, to allow police agencies to give lie detector tests to job applicants.
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Legislation
Mar 07, 2006
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Legislation
Mar 07, 2006
  • Workers’ Rights

DCYF Background Checks

Legislative committees took no action on DCYF legislation that would have given the agency and licensed day care providers direct access to job applicants’ entire criminal history, including records of arrests not followed by convictions.
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Legislation
Mar 07, 2006
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Legislation
Mar 07, 2006
  • Criminal Justice

Sex Offenders

Joining a nationwide chorus, the General Assembly passed harsh, costly and almost-certainly ineffective legislation to further punish sex offenders.
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Legislation
Mar 07, 2006
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Legislation
Mar 07, 2006
  • Government Transparency

Administrative Procedures Act

The Senate killed an ACLU bill, passed by the House repealing an exemption for the Board of Elections from the law that requires state agencies to go through a public rule-making process before adopting regulations.
Explore Legislation
Legislation
Mar 07, 2006
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Legislation
Mar 07, 2006
  • Government Transparency

Open Meetings

The ACLU succeeded in significantly restricting the reach of a bill allowing people with disabilities who serve on public bodies to participate in public meetings by telephone.
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Legislation
Mar 07, 2006
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Legislation
Mar 07, 2006
  • Criminal Justice

Self-Incrimination

Ignoring Affiliate objections that the bill would significantly erode the privilege against self-incrimination, the General Assembly has made it a crime for a driver to refuse to submit to a breathalyzer test if he or she has been cited once before for not taking the test.
Explore Legislation
Legislation
Mar 07, 2006
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Legislation
Mar 07, 2006
  • Students’ Rights

“Zero Tolerance”

An ACLU bill that would require schools to take a case-by-case approach in determining the appropriate discipline for students charged with drug, alcohol or weapons violations, passed the Senate but died in the House.
Explore Legislation
Legislation
Mar 07, 2006
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Legislation
Mar 07, 2006
  • Privacy

HIV Names Reporting

At present, health care providers are required to report the names of patients with AIDS, but not those who are only HIV-positive.
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Legislation
Mar 07, 2006
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Legislation
Mar 07, 2006
  • LGBTQ+ Rights

Domestic Partner Benefits

The legislature overwhelmingly approved an ACLU bill specifying that domestic partner health insurance benefits are not taxable income for state income tax purposes, and explicitly entitling state employees and their partners to the protections of COBRA and to the state’s Family Medical Leave Act.
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