Section 46a-64c

Citation: Section 46a-64c
Parent Document: Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities v. Sullivan Associates, 250 Conn. 763 (1999)
Jurisdiction: Connecticut (state)
Effective Date: 1999-10-12
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/7898215/commission-on-human-rights-oppo... ↗

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Finally, as previously indicated, in 1989, the legislature amended the public accommodation discrimination statute; General Statutes § 46a-64; to prohibit discrimination on the basis of lawful source of income. See P.A. 89-288. At the time of the enactment of P.A. 89-288, it was well established that the evidentiary framework that governs federal housing and employment discrimination claims was applicable to housing discrimination claims brought pursuant to § 46a-64. See Chestnut Realty, Inc. v. Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities, 201 Conn. 350, 358, 514 A.2d 749 (1986); Zlokower v. Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities, 200 Conn. 261, 264, 510 A.2d 985 (1986). In 1990, the legislature further amended § 46a-64 to remove from that statute the prohibitions *800addressing housing discrimination and to reenact them as part of a separate fair housing statute. See Public Acts 1990, No. 90-246 (P.A. 90-246). The legislative history of House Bill No. 5958, which eventually was enacted as P.A. 90-246 and codified as § 46a-64c, reveals that the legislature intended that § 46a-64c conform to the standards governing the federal fair housing laws. See 33 H.R. Proc., Pt. 24, 1990 Sess., p. 8359 (entitled “An Act Adopting a Comprehensive Connecticut Fair Housing Statute Conforming to the Federal Fair Housing Act”); see also Report on Bills Favorably Reported by Committee (bill would bring state statutes into conformance with federal fair housing law). I would conclude, therefore, that the evidentiary framework that governs federal housing and employment discrimination claims is applicable in the present case.

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