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CT HB06671

Bill

Status

Passed

6/11/2013

Primary Sponsor

Government Administration and Elections Committee

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Origin

House of Representatives

2013 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Designates the ballroom polka as the state polka and "Beautiful Connecticut Waltz" composed by Joseph Leggo as the second state song.

  • Establishes Irish-American Month (March), Italian-American Month (October), Native American Month (November), and French Canadian-American Day (June 24) as annual observances with official proclamations and State Capitol exercises.

  • Authorizes the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development to designate additional days, weeks, or months for celebration of ethnic, cultural, or heritage groups upon application.

  • Amends state civil service statutes to replace "practicable" with "possible" and modernizes gendered pronouns ("he" to "such appointee" or "or her") in employment procedures and dismissal provisions.

  • Commemorates the fourteenth anniversary of the Connecticut-Taiwan sister state relationship and changes Powered Flight Day commemoration from the Wright brothers to Gustave Whitehead.

Legislative Description

An Act Concerning Government Administration.

Last Action

Signed by the Governor

6/25/2013

Committee Referrals

Government Administration and Elections3/19/2013

Full Bill Text

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