Connecticut legislation · 2025 General Assembly
Connecticut HB6913: AN ACT PROHIBITING LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES FROM DISCRIMINATING AGAINST LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY RESIDENTS.
Status: Chaptered, June 3, 2025
What the bill says
An act concerning lgbtq+ discrimination in long-term care facilities. assembly convened.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT CONCERNING LGBTQ+ DISCRIMINATION IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES. Assembly convened: Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) (a) As used in this section: (1) "Gender identity or expression" has the same meaning as provided in section 1-1n of the general statutes; (2) "Long-term care facility" or "facility" means a nursing home facility, as defined in section 19a-490 of the general statutes, or a managed residential community, as defined in section 19a-693 of the general statutes, with assisted living services regulated by the Department of Public Health; (3) "Long-term care facility staff" or "facility staff" means all persons employed by or contracted directly with a long-term care facility; and (4) "Resident" means a resident or patient of a long-term care facility. (b) (1) It shall be unlawful for a long-term care facility or long-term care facility staff to discriminate against any resident on the basis of such LCO No. 4357 1 of Raised Bill No. 6913 resident's actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or human immunodeficiency virus status, including, but not limited to, by: (A) Denying admission to a long-term care facility, transferring or refusing to transfer a resident within a facility or to another facility or discharging or evicting a resident from a facility; (B) Denying a request by residents to share a room; (C) In …
Sponsors
- Michael Shannon (D, 117) · primary sponsor
- Jane Garibay (D, 60)
- Sarah Keitt (D, 134)
- Dominique Johnson (D, 143)
- Kate Farrar (D, 20)
- Gary Turco (D, 27)
- Mary Fortier (D, 79)
- Joshua Elliott (D, 88)
- Laurie Sweet (D, 91)
- Nicholas Gauthier (D, 38)
- Anne Hughes (D, 135)
- John Santanella (D, 58)
Latest actions
- : Signed by the Governor
- : Transmitted to the Secretary of State
- : Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor
- : Public Act 25-17
- : Senate Adopted House Amendment Schedule B
- : Senate Rejected Senate Amendment Schedule A 9069
- : Senate Rejected Senate Amendment Schedule B 9092
- : Senate Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule B
- : In Concurrence
- : Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
Votes
- Senate Roll Call 217 (May 22, 2026): 26 yea, 10 nay, passed
- Senate Roll Call 216 (May 22, 2026): 11 yea, 25 nay, failed
- Senate Roll Call 215 (May 22, 2026): 11 yea, 25 nay, failed
- House Roll Call 82 (May 8, 2026): 124 yea, 19 nay, passed
- Senate Roll Call 424 (May 22, 2025): 36 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Roll Call 308 (May 22, 2025): 36 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HB6913?
- HB6913 is a bill in the Connecticut Legislature (2025 General Assembly): AN ACT PROHIBITING LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES FROM DISCRIMINATING AGAINST LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY RESIDENTS.
- What does HB6913 do?
- In its own words: An act concerning lgbtq+ discrimination in long-term care facilities. assembly convened.
- What is the status of HB6913?
- Chaptered as of June 3, 2025. Latest action: Signed by the Governor (June 3, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB6913?
- Michael Shannon (D, 117), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB6913?
- On the Connecticut Legislature website: https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB06913&which_year=2025
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