AN ACT CONCERNING HUMAN RIGHTS REFEREES EMPLOYED BY THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES.

HB 5792 updates Connecticut's Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities by changing the qualifications and title for its human rights referees. The bill requires referees to be Connecticut-licensed attorneys with at least ten years of experience, replaces "human rights referee" with "human rights magistrate" in all references, and allows presiding referees to set hearing locations with party input. It also mandates the state Attorney General to represent the presiding officer in appeals of Commission decisions. These changes directly affect the Commission's staff, the hearing process for human rights complaints, and appeal procedures.