Connecticut State Senate Votes to Expand Provisions of Trust Act

Connecticut Senate Passes Youth Reproductive Care Bill

The Connecticut Senate affirmed the right of minors to access reproductive healthcare, including contraception, prenatal care and labor pain management, without parental consent Tuesday.

Connecticut State Senate votes to expand provisions of Trust Act

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — With a party-line vote in the State Senate, lawmakers gave final approval to a bill expanding provisions of Connecticut's Trust Act, a law which broadly limits cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities. Connecticut House passes changes to Trust Act, expanding rules surrounding ICE calls Under the current iteration of the Trust Act, state and local law enforcement are not allowed …

CT lawmakers pass expanded Trust Act

After a nearly four-hour debate, the Connecticut Senate approved on party lines a bill allowing individuals to sue towns and cities that cooperate with federal immigration authorities in a way that goes against state law.  The bill modifies the Trust Act, Connecticut’s law outlining the circumstances under which local and state officials are allowed to work and communicate with the federal government’s efforts to detain unauthorized migrants. Th…